How to Install and Uninstall libtk8.6 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "libtk8.6" package

This is a short guide on how to install libtk8.6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libtk8.6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libtk8.6" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libtk8.6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libtk8.6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libtk8.6 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libtk8.6
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 2248
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Tcl/Tk Packagers
Architecture: amd64
Source: tk8.6
Version: 8.6.5-1
Replaces: tk8.6 (<< 8.6.0-2)
Provides: libtk
Depends: libtcl8.6 (>= 8.6.0-2), libc6 (>= 2.14), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.1), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxss1
Suggests: tk8.6
Conflicts: libtk-img (<< 1.2.5), tk40 (<= 4.0p3-2), tk8.6 (<< 8.6.0-2)
Filename: pool/main/t/tk8.6/libtk8.6_8.6.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 692600
MD5sum: 7ec8a289c14867bd68ca5d3fc482ca8b
SHA1: cb31f2ed38430fee9d1c83f8561efad5f83b53d8
SHA256: fcf3ce48bb43b417978d4323574296f70c71c0e4bd2f6fa9efba9b7bb2ce34c0
Description-en: Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11 v8.6 - run-time files
Tk is a cross-platform graphical toolkit which provides the Motif
look-and-feel and is implemented using the Tcl scripting language.
This package contains the Tk library and supplementary packages you
need to run Tk-enabled apps.
Description-md5: 01d90661559e5ce16fbf055f91aff291
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.tcl.tk/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop