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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "tk" package

This is a short guide on how to install tk on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall tk on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: tk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.6.9+1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
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: wish
Depends: tk8.6 (>= 8.6.9-2), 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)
Filename: pool/universe/t/tcltk-defaults/tk_8.6.9+1_amd64.deb
Size: 3240
MD5sum: ef5cba4bb070fd386f5b983537bdcb35
SHA1: 8d95a106ee07fa8d9329677e4072ff73577aad80
SHA256: 54226bf86a368c8a825ed2caecc6f3c14b039237548803d9d4b7cb67f87c60ae
SHA512: 75894bb03741051fdc566a3065cecdf453b1f833ee6cdbdc336518aaf7ace50fac265a9428bdaa5d5b11e7c17216ffacc1cdabb10eb3986b8350bc6384137d85
Description-en: Toolkit for Tcl and X11 (default version) - windowing shell
Tk is a cross-platform graphical toolkit which provides the Motif
look-and-feel and is implemented using the Tcl scripting language.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Tk version (currently 8.6).
Description-md5: c18f13af983cc9102503e0f44f8d4b2e
Task: ubuntustudio-desktop