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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "tk8.6-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install tk8.6-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install tk8.6-dev

2. Uninstall "tk8.6-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall tk8.6-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

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

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

Package: tk8.6-dev
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 3088
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Tcl/Tk Packagers
Architecture: amd64
Source: tk8.6
Version: 8.6.5-1
Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~), x11proto-core-dev, libx11-dev, libxt-dev, libxss-dev, libxext-dev, libxft-dev, tcl8.6-dev (>= 8.6.0-2), libtk8.6 (= 8.6.5-1), tk8.6
Suggests: tk8.6-doc
Filename: pool/main/t/tk8.6/tk8.6-dev_8.6.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 682010
MD5sum: f187312e5ec5282ddbce396ca16a5ee6
SHA1: 91088f2110a77680824b535a647326cc65e1de63
SHA256: a2f156565fab19885668d03d63b1ebb1f7821afa6df3b509b2afbd6d98f310a2
Description-en: Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11 v8.6 - development 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 headers and libraries needed to extend
or embed Tk.
Description-md5: 5081fc14ac8d13fb09d3d3f090596c49
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.tcl.tk/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m