How to Install and Uninstall libtcl8.6 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libtcl8.6 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libtcl8.6" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libtcl8.6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libtcl8.6" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libtcl8.6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libtcl8.6 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libtcl8.6
Source: tcl8.6
Version: 8.6.13+dfsg-2
Installed-Size: 4282
Maintainer: Debian Tcl/Tk Packagers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: tcl8.6 (<< 8.6.0-2)
Provides: libtcl
Depends: tzdata, libc6 (>= 2.35), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.2)
Suggests: tcl8.6
Conflicts: tcl74 (<= 7.4p3-2), tcl8.6 (<< 8.6.0-2)
Breaks: nsf (<< 2.2.0)
Description: Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8.6 - run-time library files
Description-md5: 0900ad020fbf5b0aca4aa49a8044d863
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.tcl.tk/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/tcl8.6/libtcl8.6_8.6.13+dfsg-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1034548
MD5sum: 017076f7f43bc9eee3355b21ec42cd16
SHA256: 976c4235b816635e1756016f3adbabb634e8b97a9f6b97cf901be099e4fd2487