How to Install and Uninstall blt Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "blt" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install blt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall blt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                blt
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the blt package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: blt
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 28
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sergei Golovan
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.5.3+dfsg-3
Depends: tk8.6-blt2.5 (= 2.5.3+dfsg-3)
Suggests: blt-demo
Breaks: python-tk (<< 2.7.8-1~), python3-tk (<< 3.4.1-3~), skycat (<< 3.1.2+starlink1~b-7~), tclspice (<< 26-1~), tkdesk (<< 2.0-9.2~)
Filename: pool/main/b/blt/blt_2.5.3+dfsg-3_amd64.deb
Size: 4852
MD5sum: 64fb655f7ab716f677a3d7d2c64aa0fb
SHA1: 1e9f9c143a9cc18c0c7e5080c30cbd871dccb1e5
SHA256: dbaacf907a93092d3729d65bc1b31316e007ed19cbc166c87cdd9fb7c33334ef
Description-en: graphics extension library for Tcl/Tk - run-time
BLT is a library of useful extensions for the Tcl language and the
popular Tk graphical toolkit. It adds a vector and tree data type,
background execution and some debugging tools to Tcl, and provides
several new widgets for Tk, including graphs, bar-charts, trees, tabs,
splines and hyper-links, as well as a new geometry manager, drag &
drop support, and more.
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This package is a dummy package which depends on the current BLT
library.
Description-md5: 76f41827b0148185045bf32900e8cacb
Homepage: http://blt.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing