Debian Astro Tcl/Tk packages

Tcl/Tk packages for astronomy ✏

This metapackage will install packages that are useful to develop Tcl/Tk applications for astronomy.

	Package	Version	Description
Official Debian packages with high relevance
▾	blt-dev	3.0~1+08570046+dfsg-5	graphics extension library for Tcl/Tk - development files
blt-dev: graphics extension library for Tcl/Tk - development files Description BLT is a library of useful extensions for the Tcl language and the popular Tk graphical toolkit. It adds a vector and tree data type, background execution and some debugging tools to Tcl, and provides several new widgets for Tk, including graphs, bar-charts, trees, tabs, splines and hyper-links, as well as a new geometry manager, drag & drop support, and more. This package contains the headers and libraries needed to extend or embed BLT. Maintainer Sergei Golovan Versions 2.5.3+dfsg-8 (sid) 2.5.3+dfsg-8 (forky) 2.5.3+dfsg-8 (trixie) 2.5.3+dfsg-4.1 (bookworm) 2.5.3+dfsg-4.1 (bullseye) 3.0~1+08570046+dfsg-5 (experimental) Tags ✏ devel lang:tcl, library interface x11 role devel-lib Popularity 8 regular users 15 recent 226 total installations (of 270256 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Improve entry Upload Screenshot Translate description Close
▾	ftools-pow	5.5.3+dfsg-1	Curve plotting and image display interface tool
ftools-pow: Curve plotting and image display interface tool POW is a curve plotting and image display interface tool written and distributed by the HEASARC at NASA/GSFC. POW features a very flexible developer's interface and a "friendly" end user GUI interface. POW is a Tcl/Tk extension and can be called from standard C or FORTRAN main programs. Reference Pence, W.: New Developments in the FITSIO and FV Software Packages. Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII 145:97 (1998) Maintainer Debian Astro Team Ole Streicher Versions 5.5.3+dfsg-1 (forky) 5.5.3+dfsg-1 (trixie) 5.5.2+dfsg-2 (bookworm) 5.5.2+dfsg-1 (bullseye) 5.5.3+dfsg-1 (sid) Tags ✏ field astronomy interface x11 role program science visualisation uitoolkit tk use viewing works-with file, image, image:raster x11 application Popularity 10 regular users 22 recent 167 total installations (of 270256 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Improve entry Translate description Close
▾	skycat	3.1.2+starlink1~b+dfsg-10	Image visualization and access to catalogs and data for astronomy
skycat: Image visualization and access to catalogs and data for astronomy The ESO/Starlink Skycat tool combines the image display capabilities of the RTD (Real-Time Display) with a set of classes for accessing astronomical catalogs locally and over the network using HTTP. The tool allows you to view FITS images from files or from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS). Reference M.A. Albrecht, A. Brighton, T. Herlin, P. Biereichel and D. Durand: Access to Data Sources and the ESO SkyCat Tool. Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VI 125:333 (1997) Maintainer Debian Astronomy Maintainers Ole Streicher Versions 3.1.2+starlink1~b+dfsg-5 (bullseye) 3.1.2+starlink1~b+dfsg-7 (bookworm) 3.1.2+starlink1~b+dfsg-9 (trixie) 3.1.2+starlink1~b+dfsg-10 (forky) 3.1.2+starlink1~b+dfsg-10 (sid) Tags ✏ field astronomy interface x11 role program science visualisation uitoolkit tk use viewing x11 application Popularity 13 regular users 23 recent 144 total installations (of 270256 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Bugs Git Improve entry Translate description Close
▾	tcl-fitstcl	2.4-4	Tcl interface to FITS files
tcl-fitstcl: Tcl interface to FITS files Description fitsTcl is an extension to the Tcl language, providing simple access to astronomical data stored in FITS file format. fitsTcl implements a Tcl interface to the cfitsio library, developed by the HEASARC (High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Maintainer Debian Astronomy Maintainers Ole Streicher Versions 2.5-3 (sid) 2.5-3 (forky) 2.5-3 (trixie) 2.5-2 (bookworm) 2.4-4 (bullseye) Popularity 10 regular users 22 recent 173 total installations (of 270256 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Improve entry Upload Screenshot Create tags Translate description Close
▾	tcl-funtools	1.4.8-2	Minimal buy-in FITS library (Tcl interface)
tcl-funtools: Minimal buy-in FITS library (Tcl interface) Description Funtools, is a "minimal buy-in" FITS library and utility package developed at the High Energy Astrophysics Division of SAO. The Funtools library provides simplified access to a wide array of file types: standard astronomical FITS images and binary tables, raw arrays and binary event lists, and even tables of ASCII column data. A sophisticated region filtering library (compatible with ds9) filters images and tables using boolean operations between geometric shapes, support world coordinates, etc. Funtools also supports advanced capabilities such as optimized data searching using index files. This package contains the Tcl interface. Reference E. Mandel, S.S. Murray and J.B. Roll: Funtools: An Experiment with Minimal Buy-in Software. Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems X 238:225 (2001) Maintainer Debian Astro Team Ole Streicher Versions 1.4.7-4 (bullseye) 1.4.8-1 (bookworm) 1.4.8-1.1 (trixie) 1.4.8-2 (forky) 1.4.8-2 (sid) Popularity 2 regular users 2 recent 29 total installations (of 270256 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Bugs Git Improve entry Upload Screenshot Create tags Translate description Close
▾	tcl-xpa	2.1.20-1	Seamless communication between Unix programs (Tcl interface)
tcl-xpa: Seamless communication between Unix programs (Tcl interface) Description The XPA messaging system provides seamless communication between many kinds of Unix programs, including X programs and Tcl/Tk programs. It also provides an easy way for users to communicate with these XPA-enabled programs by executing XPA client commands in the shell or by utilizing such commands in scripts. Because XPA works both at the programming level and the shell level, it is a powerful tool for unifying any analysis environment: users and programmers have great flexibility in choosing the best level or levels at which to access XPA services, and client access can be extended or modified easily at any time. This package contains the Tcl interface. Reference E. Mandel and R. Swick: Public Access Programming: Opening The Black Box That Hides Internal Data. Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems III 61:507 (1994) Maintainer Debian Astro Team Phil Wyett Versions 2.1.20-3 (sid) 2.1.20-3 (forky) 2.1.20-3 (trixie) 2.1.20-1 (bullseye) 2.1.20-1 (bookworm) Popularity 32 regular users 33 recent 393 total installations (of 270256 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Bugs Git Improve entry Upload Screenshot Create tags Translate description Close
▾	tcl8.6	8.6.17+dfsg-1	Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8.6 - shell
tcl8.6: Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8.6 - shell Description Tcl is a powerful, easy to use, embeddable, cross-platform interpreted scripting language. This package contains the Tcl shell which you need to run Tcl scripts. This version includes thread support. Maintainer Debian Tcl/Tk Packagers Sergei Golovan Versions 8.6.16+dfsg-1 (trixie) 8.6.11+dfsg-1 (bullseye) 8.6.13+dfsg-2 (bookworm) 8.6.17+dfsg-1 (sid) 8.6.17+dfsg-1 (forky) Popularity 6828 regular users 5379 recent 55190 total installations (of 270256 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Improve entry Upload Screenshot Create tags Translate description Close
▾	tk8.6	8.6.13-2	Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11 v8.6 - windowing shell
tk8.6: Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11 v8.6 - windowing shell Description Tk is a cross-platform graphical toolkit which provides the Motif look-and-feel and is implemented using the Tcl scripting language. This package contains the windowing Tcl/Tk shell (wish). Maintainer Debian Tcl/Tk Packagers Sergei Golovan Versions 8.6.17-1 (forky) 8.6.11-2 (bullseye) 8.6.17-1 (sid) 8.6.16-1 (trixie) 8.6.13-2 (bookworm) Popularity 5194 regular users 5413 recent 50652 total installations (of 270256 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Improve entry Upload Screenshot Create tags Translate description Close
▾	tkblt-dev	3.2.23-1	Graphics extension library for Tcl/Tk (development files)
tkblt-dev: Graphics extension library for Tcl/Tk (development files) Description TkBLT is a derived version of the BLT Toolkit by George A. Howlett, for Tcl/Tk 8.5/8.6, is TEA compatible, and is fully compatible with the Tk API. TkBLT includes only the Graph and Barchart Tk widgets, and the Tcl Vector command. This package contains the header files and the package stub library. Maintainer Tcl/Tk Debian Packagers Ole Streicher Versions 3.2.23-1 (bullseye) 3.2.23-1 (bookworm) 3.2.23-1 (trixie) 3.2.23-1 (forky) 3.2.23-1 (sid) Popularity 2 recent 25 total installations (of 270256 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Improve entry Upload Screenshot Create tags Translate description Close
▾	tksao	8.2+repack-2 ↺ New upstream version 8.7b2 available	Tk widgets for astronomical imaging and data visualization
tksao: Tk widgets for astronomical imaging and data visualization Description SAOTk is an integrated set of Tcl/Tk canvas widgets for astronomical imaging and data visualization. The widget set is composed of the Frame, Panner, Magnifier, and Colorbar widgets. In addition to classical support for imaging FITS data, manipulating colormaps, region marking, coordinate readout (including WCS), etc, SAOTk widgets also support arbitrary image scaling and rotation, advanced postscript printing, Truecolor graphic support, and image mosaics. The SAOTk widgets are being used in a wide variety of astronomical applications. These applications include general visualization and analysis, real-time instrumentation and calibration, and interactive modeling. These Tcl extensions can be utilized in any standard Tcl/Tk environment to build custom data analysis and visualization applications. Reference W. A. Joye and E. Mandel: New Features of SAOImage DS9. Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XII 295:489 (2003) Maintainer Debian Astronomy Maintainers Ole Streicher Versions 8.6+repack-6 (sid) 8.6+repack-6 (forky) 8.6+repack-5 (trixie) 8.4.1+repack-3 (bookworm) 8.2+repack-2 (bullseye) 8.7b2 (upstream) Popularity 32 regular users 33 recent 369 total installations (of 270256 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Bugs Git Improve entry Upload Screenshot Create tags Translate description Close

Debian Astro Tcl/Tk packages

Official Debian packages with high relevance

blt-dev: graphics extension library for Tcl/Tk - development files

ftools-pow: Curve plotting and image display interface tool

skycat: Image visualization and access to catalogs and data for astronomy

tcl-fitstcl: Tcl interface to FITS files

tcl-funtools: Minimal buy-in FITS library (Tcl interface)

tcl-xpa: Seamless communication between Unix programs (Tcl interface)

tcl8.6: Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8.6 - shell

tk8.6: Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11 v8.6 - windowing shell

tkblt-dev: Graphics extension library for Tcl/Tk (development files)

tksao: Tk widgets for astronomical imaging and data visualization