How To Install tk-itk4 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 tk-itk4 on Ubuntu.
What is tk-itk4
tk-itk4 is:
[incr Tk] (or itk) combines the object-oriented power of [incr Tcl] with the popular Tk graphical toolkit to create a framework for creating mega-widgets. One such set of mega-widgets is provided by the iwidgets package.
This package contains everything you need to run itk scripts and itk-enabled apps.
There are three methods to install tk-itk4 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 tk-itk4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tk-itk4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tk-itk4
Install tk-itk4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tk-itk4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tk-itk4
Install tk-itk4 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 tk-itk4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tk-itk4
How To Uninstall tk-itk4 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the tk-itk4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tk-itk4
Uninstall tk-itk4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tk-itk4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tk-itk4
Remove tk-itk4 Configurations and Data
To remove tk-itk4 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tk-itk4
Remove tk-itk4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tk-itk4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tk-itk4
Dependencies
tk-itk4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tk-itk4 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.