How To Install tclcl on Debian 12

Learn how to install tclcl on Debian 12 with this tutorial. tclcl is tcl2c++ and otcldoc program from tclcl

Introduction

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

What is tclcl

tclcl is:

TclCL (Tcl with classes) is a Tcl/C++ interface used by Mash, vic, vat, rtp_play and nsnam. It provides a layer of C++ glue over OTcl.

This package contains bin file.

There are three methods to install tclcl 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 tclcl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tclcl

Install tclcl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tclcl

Install tclcl 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 tclcl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tclcl

How To Uninstall tclcl on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove tclcl

Uninstall tclcl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tclcl

Remove tclcl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tclcl

Remove tclcl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tclcl

Dependencies

tclcl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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