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jimtcl


Information about the package, jimtcl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The jimtcl package is designed for, A small embeddable Tcl interpreter.


Package Name:

jimtcl

Summary:

A small embeddable Tcl interpreter

Description:

Jim is an opensource small-footprint implementation of the Tcl programming language. It implements a large subset of Tcl and adds new features like references with garbage collection, closures, built-in Object Oriented Programming system, Functional Programming commands, first-class arrays and UTF-8 support.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.73

Release:

4.el6

Size:

196 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for jimtcl


Control the jimtcl package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install jimtcl

This command will install jimtcl on the server.

yum remove jimtcl

This command will un-install jimtcl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove jimtcl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove jimtcl

This command will un-install jimtcl 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 jimtcl when using the -y flag.

yum update jimtcl

This command will update jimtcl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove jimtcl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update jimtcl

This command will update jimtcl 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 jimtcl when using the -y flag.

yum info jimtcl

This command will show you core information about the jimtcl package.

yum deplist jimtcl

This command will show you the dependencies for jimtcl. 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 jimtcl

This command will check if there is an update waiting on jimtcl. 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.