How To Install tcl8.6-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install tcl8.6-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. tcl8.6-dev is Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8.6 - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl8.6-dev on Debian 10.

What is tcl8.6-dev

tcl8.6-dev is:

Tcl is a powerful, easy-to-use, embeddable, cross-platform interpreted scripting language. This package contains the headers and libraries needed to embed or extend Tcl.

There are three methods to install tcl8.6-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tcl8.6-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tcl8.6-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tcl8.6-dev

Install tcl8.6-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tcl8.6-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tcl8.6-dev

Install tcl8.6-dev 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 tcl8.6-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tcl8.6-dev

How To Uninstall tcl8.6-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the tcl8.6-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tcl8.6-dev

Uninstall tcl8.6-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tcl8.6-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl8.6-dev

Remove tcl8.6-dev Configurations and Data

To remove tcl8.6-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tcl8.6-dev

Remove tcl8.6-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tcl8.6-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl8.6-dev

Dependencies

tcl8.6-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl8.6-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.