How To Install tcllib on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcllib on Ubuntu.

What is tcllib

tcllib is:

Tcllib, the standard Tcl library, is a collection of common utility functions and modules all written in high-level Tcl.

Modules included:

• aes: advanced encryption standard
• amazon-s3: Amazon S3 web service interface
• asn: an ASN.1 encoder and decoder
• base32: a base32 encoder and decoder
• base64: a base64 encoder and decoder
• bee: bittorrent serialization encoder and decoder
• bench: benchmark tool
• bibtex: parser for bibliographies in BibTeX format
• blowfish: blowfish encryption
• cache: asynchronous in-memory cache
• clay: clay framework
• clock: date/time utilities
• cmdline: a command line argument processor similar to opt
• comm: remote communications facility
• control: procedures for control flow structures
• coroutine: coroutine utilities
• counter: provides a counter facility and can compute statistics and histograms over the collected data.
• crc: checksum-calculation routines (crc32, cksum, sum)
• cron: automating the period callback of commands
• csv: functions to handle CSV (comma-separated values) data
• debug: debug messages infrastructure
• defer: deferred execution
• des: DES and 3DES encryption
• dicttool: dictionary tools
• dns: DNS and resolver library-related functions
• docstrip: tools for literate programming, often used with (La)TeX
• doctools: documentation tools
• dtplite: lightweight doctools markup processor
• fileutil: Tcl implementations of some standard Unix utilities
• ftp: Tcl interface to the FTP protocol
• ftpd: implementation of functions needed for an FTP server
• fumagic: file utilities
• generator: Tcl generator commands
• gpx: GPS eXchange Format (GPX)
• grammar_aycock: Aycock-Horspool-Earley parser generator for Tcl
• grammar_fa: finite automaton operations and usage
• grammar_me: grammar operations and usage
• grammar_peg: grammar operations and usage
• hook: hooks
• html: generate and control HTML tags
• htmlparse: parse HTML strings
• http: HTTP protocol helper modules
• httpd: HTTP server
• httpwget: tool to download files over HTTP
• ident: client interface to the ident protocol
• imap4: IMAP client
• inifile: parsing of Windows INI files
• interp: interpreter utilities
• irc: low-level IRC protocol interface
• javascript: Tcl shortcuts to create common javascript functions
• jpeg: functions to query and modify JPEG images
• json: JSON parser
• lambda: utility commands for anonymous procedures
• lazyset: lazy evaluation for variables and arrays
• ldap: LDAP client and extended object interface
• log: functions to log messages with various facilities and levels
• map: mapping utilities
• mapproj: map projection routines
• markdown: Markdown processor
• math: Tcl math library
• md4: md4 hashing functions
• md5: md5 hashing functions
• md5crypt: md5 based password hashing
• mime: a MIME encoder and decoder
• multiplexer: message multiplexing
• namespacex: namespace utility commands
• ncgi: a new CGI processing module
• nettool: tools for networked applications
• nmea: NMEA protocol implementation
• nns: name service facility
• nntp: Tcl functions for the NNTP protocol
• ntp: functions for an NTP client
• oauth: oauth API base signature
• oodialect: build TclOO based DSLs
• oometa: data registry service for TclOO classes
• ooutil: utility commands for TclOO
• otp: RFC 2289 a one-time password system
• page: parser generator
• pki: RSA public key encryption
• pluginmgr: plugin management
• png: functions to query and modify PNG images
• pop3: a POP3 protocol implementation
• pop3d: a POP3 server implementation
• practcl: tool for integrating large modules for C API Tcl code that requires custom Tcl types and TclOO objects
• processman: manage child processes
• profiler: a function level Tcl source code profiler
• pt: parser tools
• rc4: implementation of the RC4 stream cipher
• rcs: RCS low level utilities
• report: provides objects which can be used to generate and format reports
• rest: a framework for RESTful web services
• ripemd: RIPEMD message-digest algorithm
• sasl: Simple Authentication and Security Layer implementation
• sha1: sha1 hashing functions
• simulation: Tcl simulation tools
• smtpd: implementation of functions needed for an SMTP server
• snit: snit’s not incr Tcl, OO system
• soundex: comparison of words based on their phonetic likeness
• stooop: simple Tcl-only object oriented programming scheme - provides C++/Java-like OOP interfaces
• string: tokenize strings
• stringprep: preparation of internationalized strings
• struct: Tcl implementations of common data structures (tree, graph, etc)
• tar: functions to manipulate tar files
• tepam: Tcl’s enhanced procedure and argument manager
• term: terminal control
• textutil: string manipulation library
• tie: framework for creating persistent Tcl arrays
• tiff: TIFF image manipulation
• tool: dictionary tools
• tool::datatype: dictionary tools
• tool-ui: abstractions to allow Tao to express Native Tk, HTML5, and Tao-Layout interfaces
• transfer: data transfer facilities
• treeql: tree query language
• try: trap and process errors and exceptions
• udpcluster: UDP peer-to-peer cluster
• uev: user events
• units: convert and manipulate quantities with units
• uri: functions to generate and manipulate commonly-used URIs
• uuid: generator of universally unique identifiers (UUID)
• valtype: validation types
• virtchannel: reflected/virtual channel support
• websocket: implementation of the websocket protocol
• wip: word interpreter
• yaml: YAML format encoder/decoder
• zip: working with zip archives

There are three methods to install tcllib on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tcllib Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tcllib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tcllib

Install tcllib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tcllib using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tcllib

Install tcllib Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install tcllib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tcllib

How To Uninstall tcllib on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the tcllib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tcllib

Uninstall tcllib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tcllib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcllib

Remove tcllib Configurations and Data

To remove tcllib configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tcllib

Remove tcllib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tcllib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcllib

Dependencies

tcllib have the following dependencies:

• tcl
• iproute2

References

• tcllib website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcllib package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.