How to Install and Uninstall tk8.6 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 18,2024

1. Install "tk8.6" package

Please follow the instructions below to install tk8.6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install tk8.6

2. Uninstall "tk8.6" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall tk8.6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove tk8.6 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the tk8.6 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: tk8.6
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 37
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Tcl/Tk Packagers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.6.5-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libtcl8.6 (>= 8.6.0), libtk8.6 (>= 8.6.0)
Recommends: xterm | x-terminal-emulator
Conflicts: libtk-img (<< 1.2.5), tk40 (<= 4.0p3-2)
Filename: pool/main/t/tk8.6/tk8.6_8.6.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 12208
MD5sum: 36a26475d1bd47e946e29d8e48460b59
SHA1: 75faa0993a35cee1695891babedb06fe9f3752a3
SHA256: 5e1aa02d790968e3c2ff5f19bf4e1054ab96ba3b0e94879dce6f7f6ef1bbf4aa
Description-en: Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11 v8.6 - windowing shell
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 windowing Tcl/Tk shell (wish).
Description-md5: 066d4f5267290a404c952b599f887990
Multi-Arch: foreign
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