How To Install tkblt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkblt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tkblt-dev
tkblt-dev is:
TkBLT is a derived version of the BLT Toolkit by George A. Howlett, for Tcl/Tk 8.5/8.6, is TEA compatible, and is fully compatible with the Tk API. TkBLT includes only the Graph and Barchart Tk widgets, and the Tcl Vector command.
This package contains the header files and the package stub library.
There are three methods to install tkblt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tkblt-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 tkblt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tkblt-dev
Install tkblt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tkblt-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tkblt-dev
Install tkblt-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install tkblt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tkblt-dev
How To Uninstall tkblt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tkblt-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tkblt-dev
Uninstall tkblt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tkblt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tkblt-dev
Remove tkblt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove tkblt-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tkblt-dev
Remove tkblt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tkblt-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tkblt-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkblt-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
