How to Install and Uninstall tcl Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "tcl" package

This tutorial shows how to install tcl on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall tcl on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: tcl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.6.9+1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Source: tcltk-defaults
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Tcl/Tk Packagers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 22
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)
Filename: pool/universe/t/tcltk-defaults/tcl_8.6.9+1_amd64.deb
Size: 5112
MD5sum: 906bd3f9dd8621e448b3fbc59932c291
SHA1: 2b8da97745cf71754f5749c80bdccaca9c686a0b
SHA256: 8f36c70592d6a8533d3a1bc16e392ebc7451031aaee3e8f2c2764945fe55ebf1
SHA512: 5b67cec7a83122006dff83029df62f95e497268324f95071d4dab910e9ed57b8fa9f4a2bce507e5fb763c559b9ae86aed0733ace54cfcb3f57916ff10581f01c
Description-en: Tool Command Language (default version) - shell
Tcl is a powerful, easy to use, embeddable, cross-platform interpreted
scripting language.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Tcl version (currently 8.6).
Description-md5: dc49b54190858f10215816ea3b0a62d5
Task: ubuntustudio-desktop