How to Install and Uninstall tk Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 14,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "tk" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install tk on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall tk 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 tk package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: tk
Source: tcltk-defaults
Version: 8.6.13
Installed-Size: 20
Maintainer: Debian Tcl/Tk Packagers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: wish
Depends: tk8.6 (>= 8.6.13-1~), tcl
Breaks: tk8.3 (<< 8.3.5-16), tk8.4 (<< 8.4.20-2), tk8.5 (<< 8.5.14-3), tk8.6 (<< 8.6.0-2)
Description: Toolkit for Tcl and X11 (default version) - windowing shell
Description-md5: c18f13af983cc9102503e0f44f8d4b2e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: devel::lang:tcl, role::metapackage, uitoolkit::tk
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/tcltk-defaults/tk_8.6.13_amd64.deb
Size: 4052
MD5sum: e71e1f234651aa44a0ac9b5e6cb5f0f4
SHA256: 8c3a35069e9023b8b814173da669ca05754b1712d1aa981cfb316d2934689b1c