How To Install tcl8.6 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl8.6 on Kali Linux. tcl8.6 is Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8.6 - shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl8.6 on Kali Linux.

What is tcl8.6

tcl8.6 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 tcl8.6 on Kali Linux. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tcl8.6

Install tcl8.6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tcl8.6

Install tcl8.6 Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install tcl8.6

How To Uninstall tcl8.6 on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tcl8.6

Uninstall tcl8.6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tcl8.6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl8.6

Remove tcl8.6 Configurations and Data

To remove tcl8.6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tcl8.6

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

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

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

Dependencies

tcl8.6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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