Tcl/Tk

Tool Command Language (Tcl) is an embeddable and extensible interpreted language.
Tk is a GUI toolkit for Tcl.

Compilation (V8.5.9)

Straightforward as described in unix/README:

Run the configure script, e.g.

   cd unix
   ./configure CC=cc CFLAGS="-O2 -qcpluscmt" --disable-shared --enable-man-symlinks --prefix=/tmp/tcl-8.5.9   # for native C compiler
   ./configure CC=cc CFLAGS="-O2 -qcpluscmt" --disable-shared --enable-man-symlinks --prefix=/tmp/tk-8.5.9    # for native C compiler

compile and install
```
make
make test
make install
```

Compilation (V8.6.1)

Straightforward as described in unix/README.

Looks like Tk depends on Tcl, so this has to come first:

   make distclean
   cd unix
   ./configure CC=cc CFLAGS="-O2 -qcpluscmt" --disable-shared --enable-man-symlinks --prefix=/tmp/tcl-8.6.1   # for native C compiler
   make
   make test
   make install

Tk looks for Tcl in ../../tclxxx,

   ./configure CC=cc CFLAGS="-O2 -qcpluscmt"                --disable-shared --enable-man-symlinks --prefix=/tmp/tk-8.6.1    # for native C compiler
# or:
   ./configure CC=cc CFLAGS="-O2 -qcpluscmt" --with-tcl=DIR --disable-shared --enable-man-symlinks --prefix=/tmp/tk-8.6.1    # for native C compiler
   make
   make test    # confusing: quite a few tests are reported to have failed, but the summary tells it's OK  
   make install

Installation/Configuration

tcl wants a startup file init.tcl. If it's installed in a non-standard location, put e.g.

   export TCL_LIBRARY=/bio/local/tcl-8.6.1/lib/tcl8.6

into some central startup script.
Some additional links are convenient:

   cd tcl_installation_directory/bin
   ln -s tclsh8.6 tcl
   cd tk_installation_directory/bin
   ln -s wish8.6 wish

Last updated: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 09:11:28 PM , M.Kraemer

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