How To Install tcl3270 on Debian 12

Learn how to install tcl3270 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. tcl3270 is Program for Tcl-scripted telnet sessions to IBM mainframes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl3270 on Debian 12.

What is tcl3270

tcl3270 is:

tcl3270 opens a telnet connection to an IBM mainframe host, then allows a Tcl script to control the host login session.

tcl3270 implements RFCs 2355 (TN3270E), 1576 (TN3270), and 1646 (LU name selection), and supports IND$FILE file transfer.

There are three methods to install tcl3270 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tcl3270 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tcl3270 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tcl3270

Install tcl3270 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tcl3270 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tcl3270

Install tcl3270 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install tcl3270 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tcl3270

How To Uninstall tcl3270 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the tcl3270 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tcl3270

Uninstall tcl3270 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tcl3270 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl3270

Remove tcl3270 Configurations and Data

To remove tcl3270 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tcl3270

Remove tcl3270 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tcl3270 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl3270

Dependencies

tcl3270 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl3270 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.