How To Install tk 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 on Ubuntu.
What is tk
tk is:
Tk is a cross-platform graphical toolkit which provides the Motif look-and-feel and is implemented using the Tcl scripting language.
This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian’s default Tk version (currently 8.6).
There are three methods to install tk 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tk
Install tk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tk
Install tk 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tk
How To Uninstall tk on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the tk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tk
Uninstall tk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tk
Remove tk Configurations and Data
To remove tk configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tk
Remove tk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tk
Dependencies
tk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tk package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.