[techtalk] tcl/tk problem in Slackware 7.1

[Eric R. Turner]

Oops, I should have read your email more carefully! I'd agree that
xcdroast is looking for older versions of tcl and tk. I wonder if the
newer versions are backward-compatible, in which case you could create
links to the newer versions using the older version numbers?

On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Eric R. Turner wrote:

> Check the /var/log/packages directory, which maintains a log for each
> package that is installed. My /var/log/packages directory shows that tcl,
> tk, and tix are installed. You can install the missing packages by
> inserting the slackware CD, mounting it, cd to the slakware/tcl1 directory
> on the CD, and use the installpkg command:
> 
> installpkg tcl.tgz
> installpkg tix.tgz
> installpkg tk.tgz
> 
> To remove packages later on you can do:
> 
> removepkg tcl
> removepkg tix
> removepkg tk 
> 
> I use the slackware installpkg and removepkg commands every
> once-in-a-while to temporarily install the c/c++ compilers and libraries
> on my firewall in order to compiler and install new software, then remove
> the compiler and libraries so they are not available if the firewall is
> compromised.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> Eric R. Turner
> 
> BTW, make sure you are using the same version slackware CD to install
> packages as you did to install slackware itself.
> 
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, FeO wrote:
> 
> > 
> > >i'm trying to install xcdroast 0.96 (cd burning software for x).  when i run
> > >./configure, i get the following output:
> > >
> > >------------snip-------------------
> > >
> > >Looking for TCL 8.0-Library: not found
> > >Looking for TK 8.0-Library: not found
> > >Looking for Tix 4.1-Library: /usr/lib/libtix4.1.8.0.so (shared)
> > >                              /usr/lib/libtix4.1.8.0.a (static)
> > >Looking for Tix 4.1-SAM-Library: /usr/lib/libtixsam4.1.8.0.so (shared)
> > >                                  /usr/lib/libtixsam4.1.8.0.a (static)
> > >Looking for TCL 8.0 lib-directory: not found
> > >Looking for TK 8.0 lib-directory: not found
> > >Looking for Tix 4.1 lib-directory: /usr/lib/tix4.1/
> > >Looking for TCL/TK/Tix include-files: /usr/include/
> > >
> > >No TCL 8.0 Library found. Please install TCL 8.0.
> > >
> > >---------------------snip--------------------
> > >
> > >this surprised me, since i thought i asked slackware to install the tcl/tk
> > >libs during the install.  so i did a "whereis tcl" and a "whereis tk" (the
> > >only way i know of to determine if software is installed.  are there
> > >better ways?) and got this output:
> > >
> > >tcl: /usr/bin/tcl /usr/lib/tcl8.3 /usr/include/tcl.h
> > >
> > >and
> > >
> > >tk: /usr/lib/tk8.3 /usr/include/tk.h /usr/man/mann/tk.n.gz
> > >/usr/man/catn/tk.n.gz /usr/X11/man/catn/tk.n.gz
> > >
> > >which i take to mean that i have the libs for tcl/tk 8.3 installed.  is it
> > >possible that xcdroast *requires* the older version of tcl/tk?  or could
> > >there be a good reason why the configure script can't see the version i
> > >have installed?
> > >
> > >any help would be much appreciated!  thanks,
> > 
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