How to Install and Uninstall tcl Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "tcl" package

This guide let you learn how to install tcl on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "tcl" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall tcl on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tcl
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tcl package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: tcl
Source: tcltk-defaults
Version: 8.6.9+1
Installed-Size: 22
Maintainer: Debian Tcl/Tk Packagers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: tclsh
Depends: tcl8.6 (>= 8.6.9+dfsg-2)
Breaks: tcl8.3 (<< 8.3.5-15), tcl8.4 (<< 8.4.20-2), tcl8.5 (<< 8.5.14-3), tcl8.6 (<< 8.6.0-2)
Description: Tool Command Language (default version) - shell
Description-md5: dc49b54190858f10215816ea3b0a62d5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: devel::lang:tcl, role::metapackage
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/tcltk-defaults/tcl_8.6.9+1_amd64.deb
Size: 5636
MD5sum: 3e816f63995a8f324dbf862041042bf5
SHA256: 9b9511c4180c549590324a18beb204e5e2270511c3207017c90c8f2e16c19eb7