is used by many scripts - most are
unmaintained. Many invoke /usr/bin/env python, a couple
invoke /usr/bin/python. It is not generally known if
these will work with a symlink to python3 (as used in some
distros) and two from pythontex invoke python2.
is used by some scripts, mostly within
mtx_context which is part of conTeXt, but also
for one or two others, such as match_parens, which are generally useful.
The perl module Tk,
which needs to be run from an X11 session to run the tests and
requires , is used by one of the scripts
for ptex (Japanese vertical writing), can be used by a conTeXt texfind script,
and is needed for texdoctk (a GUI interface for finding documentation files
and opening them with the appropriate viewer).