How To Install tk8.6-blt2.5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tk8.6-blt2.5 on Kali Linux.

What is tk8.6-blt2.5

tk8.6-blt2.5 is:

BLT is a library of useful extensions for the Tcl language and the popular Tk graphical toolkit. It adds a vector and tree data type, background execution and some debugging tools to Tcl, and provides several new widgets for Tk, including graphs, bar-charts, trees, tabs, splines and hyper-links, as well as a new geometry manager, drag & drop support, and more.

This package contains everything you need to use BLT with your Tcl/Tk scripts and Tcl/Tk-enabled apps.

There are three methods to install tk8.6-blt2.5 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 tk8.6-blt2.5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tk8.6-blt2.5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tk8.6-blt2.5

Install tk8.6-blt2.5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tk8.6-blt2.5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tk8.6-blt2.5

Install tk8.6-blt2.5 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 tk8.6-blt2.5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tk8.6-blt2.5

How To Uninstall tk8.6-blt2.5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tk8.6-blt2.5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tk8.6-blt2.5

Uninstall tk8.6-blt2.5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tk8.6-blt2.5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tk8.6-blt2.5

Remove tk8.6-blt2.5 Configurations and Data

To remove tk8.6-blt2.5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tk8.6-blt2.5

Remove tk8.6-blt2.5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tk8.6-blt2.5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tk8.6-blt2.5

Dependencies

tk8.6-blt2.5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libtcl8.6
• libtk8.6
• libx11-6

References

• tk8.6-blt2.5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tk8.6-blt2.5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.