How To Install tclx on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install tclx on CentOS 7. tclx is Extensions for Tcl and Tk

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tclx on CentOS 7.

What is tclx

Extended Tcl (TclX) is a set of extensions to the Tcl programming language. Extended Tcl is oriented towards system programming tasks and large application development. TclX provides additional interfaces to the operating system, and adds many new programming constructs, text manipulation and debugging tools. Extended Tcl (TclX) is a set of extensions to the Tcl programming language. Extended Tcl is oriented towards system programming tasks and large application development. TclX provides additional interfaces to the operating system, and adds many new programming constructs, text manipulation and debugging tools.

We can use yum or dnf to install tclx on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tclx.

Install tclx on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install tclx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tclx

Install tclx on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install tclx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tclx

How To Uninstall tclx on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove tclx

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tclx on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.