How To Install tcl8.5 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl8.5 on Debian 9.
What is tcl8.5
tcl8.5 is:
Tcl is a powerful, easy to use, embeddable, cross-platform interpreted scripting language. This package contains the Tcl shell which you need to run Tcl scripts. This version includes thread support.
There are three methods to install tcl8.5 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tcl8.5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl8.5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcl8.5
Install tcl8.5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl8.5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcl8.5
Install tcl8.5 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 tcl8.5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcl8.5
How To Uninstall tcl8.5 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the tcl8.5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcl8.5
Uninstall tcl8.5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcl8.5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl8.5
Remove tcl8.5 Configurations and Data
To remove tcl8.5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcl8.5
Remove tcl8.5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcl8.5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl8.5
Dependencies
tcl8.5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl8.5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.