Tcl-8.4.4

Introduction to Tcl

The Tcl package contains Tool Command Language.

Package information

Installation of Tcl

Install Tcl by running the following commands:

VERSION=8.4.4 &&
V=`echo $VERSION | cut -d "." -f 1,2` &&
DIR=$PWD &&
cd unix &&
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
sed -i "s:${DIR}/unix:/usr/lib:" tclConfig.sh &&
sed -i "s:${DIR}:/usr/include/tcl${V}:" tclConfig.sh &&
sed -i "s,^TCL_LIB_FILE='libtcl${V}..TCL_DBGX..so',TCL_LIB_FILE=\"libtcl${V}\$\{TCL_DBGX\}.so\"," tclConfig.sh &&
make install &&
install -d /usr/include/tcl${V}/unix &&
install -m644 *.h /usr/include/tcl${V}/unix/ &&
install -d /usr/include/tcl${V}/generic &&
install -c -m644 ../generic/*.h /usr/include/tcl${V}/generic/ &&
rm -f /usr/include/tcl${V}/generic/{tcl,tclDecls,tclPlatDecls}.h &&
ln -nsf /usr/include/tcl${V} /usr/lib/tcl${V}/include &&
ln -sf libtcl${V}.so /usr/lib/libtcl.so &&
ln -sf tclsh${V} /usr/bin/tclsh

Command explanations

sed -i ...: The Tcl package assumes that the source that is used to build Tcl is always kept around for compiling packages that depend on Tcl. These sed's remove the reference to the build directory and replace them by saner system wide locations.

install ...: These commands install the internal headers into a system-wide location.

ln -sf ...: These commands create compatibility symbolic links.