macOS
brew install tcl-tk@8local Homebrew formula metadata
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Installation
brew install tcl-tk@8local Homebrew formula metadata
sudo zypper install tclopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · tcl · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Tool Command Language
Verlauf
Tcl/Tk 8 is the legacy Tcl/Tk release line packaged for users and software that still need the 8.6 ABI, tools, and documentation rather than the newer Tcl/Tk 9 line.
The upstream history is the Tcl/Tk history: Tcl began as John Ousterhout's embeddable command language at Berkeley, with implementation starting in 1988, and Tk followed as a reusable GUI toolkit released publicly in 1991.
The official Tcl/Tk 8.6 page states that Tcl/Tk 8.6 was first released in 2012, that development ends in 2026, and that Tcl/Tk 9.0 became the successor release line in 2024.
Homebrew's tcl-tk@8 formula is therefore best understood as a compatibility package, not a separate upstream project.
Tcl/Tk's early adoption came through Unix distribution, USENIX visibility, FTP source availability, Expect among system administrators, and Tk as a lower-effort way to build Unix GUIs.
The 8.6 line stayed important because many deployed Tcl scripts, Tk applications, extensions, and embedded interpreters were written against Tcl 8 behavior and APIs before the compatibility changes introduced by Tcl/Tk 9.
Package-manager users choose tcl-tk@8 when a dependency expects Tcl/Tk 8.6, when older Tk applications need the legacy runtime, or when versioned executables such as tclsh8.6 and wish8.6 are required.
The official 8.6 page highlights bundled packages, TclOO, coroutine support, IPv6 sockets, zlib, PNG support in Tk, and other features that made 8.6 a long-lived stable baseline.
This formula matters because versioned runtime packages are how package managers keep old build systems and GUI tools working while allowing the default formula to move to a new major release.
For dependency solvers and maintainers, Tcl/Tk 8 is the kind of legacy runtime where ABI expectations and executable names matter more than novelty.
Sicherheitslage
Für tcl-tk@8 wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
tclsh8.6 | cli | globales Executable | |
wish8.6 | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:tcl-tk@8 |
|---|---|
| Version | 8.6.18 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tcl-tk@8 |
| Homepage | https://www.tcl-lang.org |
| Repository | https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://www.tcl-lang.org/doc |
| Lizenz | TCL |
| Quellarchiv | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/tcl/Tcl/8.6.18/tcl8.6.18-src.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-06-27T16:45:24-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Abhängigkeiten | openssl@3 |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
| Einschränkungen | The sqlite3_analyzer binary is in the `sqlite-analyzer` formula. |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | tcl-tk@8 |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | yes |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
tcl 8.6.18-1.1
The Tcl Programming Language
sudo zypper install tcltk 8.6.18-1.1
Graphical User Interface Toolkit for Tcl
sudo zypper install tkQuellspur
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