Information about the package, tcl-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tcl-devel package is designed for, Tcl scripting language development environment.
Package Name:
tcl-devel
Summary:
Tcl scripting language development environment
Description:
The Tcl (Tool Command Language) provides a powerful platform for creating integration applications that tie together diverse applications, protocols, devices, and frameworks. When paired with the Tk toolkit, Tcl provides a fastest and powerful way to create cross-platform GUI applications. Tcl can also be used for a variety of web-related tasks and for creating powerful command languages for applications. The package contains the development files and man pages for tcl.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
8.5.7
Release:
6.el6
Size:
162 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
TCL
Control the tcl-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tcl-devel
This command will install tcl-devel on the server.
yum remove tcl-devel
This command will un-install tcl-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tcl-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tcl-devel
This command will un-install tcl-devel on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tcl-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update tcl-devel
This command will update tcl-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tcl-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tcl-devel
This command will update tcl-devel to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tcl-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info tcl-devel
This command will show you core information about the tcl-devel package.
yum deplist tcl-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for tcl-devel. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update tcl-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tcl-devel. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.