How To Install tclx8.4-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tclx8.4-dev on Kali Linux. tclx8.4-dev is Extended Tcl (TclX) - development package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tclx8.4-dev on Kali Linux.

What is tclx8.4-dev

tclx8.4-dev is:

Extended Tcl (TclX), is a set of extensions to Tcl, the Tool Command Language invented by Dr. John Ousterhout. Tcl is a powerful, yet simple embeddable 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 tools, and debugging tools.

This package includes development libraries and include files.

There are three methods to install tclx8.4-dev 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 tclx8.4-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 tclx8.4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tclx8.4-dev

Install tclx8.4-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tclx8.4-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tclx8.4-dev

Install tclx8.4-dev 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 tclx8.4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tclx8.4-dev

How To Uninstall tclx8.4-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tclx8.4-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tclx8.4-dev

Uninstall tclx8.4-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tclx8.4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tclx8.4-dev

Remove tclx8.4-dev Configurations and Data

To remove tclx8.4-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tclx8.4-dev

Remove tclx8.4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tclx8.4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tclx8.4-dev

Dependencies

tclx8.4-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tclx8.4-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.