How to Install and Uninstall tk-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "tk-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install tk-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall tk-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: tk-dev
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 22
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Tcl/Tk Packagers
Architecture: amd64
Source: tcltk-defaults
Version: 8.6.0+9
Depends: tk8.6-dev (>= 8.6.0-2), tk, tcl-dev
Suggests: tk-doc
Filename: pool/main/t/tcltk-defaults/tk-dev_8.6.0+9_amd64.deb
Size: 2964
MD5sum: 610381d9157034bbcb0aab1780f10dd2
SHA1: 18b8fdc49995695eb372a560655e5aa314a8ab17
SHA256: c6819a026c17ce8a4367c6abf0f69df49e497ba668d258190341055769aea180
Description-en: Toolkit for Tcl and X11 (default version) - development files
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: 7e7c3316b08ee6e19b370908f28f78d9
Multi-Arch: same
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m