How To Install tkblt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkblt on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tkblt
tkblt 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.
There are three methods to install tkblt 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tkblt
Install tkblt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tkblt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tkblt
Install tkblt 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tkblt
How To Uninstall tkblt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tkblt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tkblt
Uninstall tkblt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tkblt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tkblt
Remove tkblt Configurations and Data
To remove tkblt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tkblt
Remove tkblt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tkblt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tkblt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkblt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
