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Expect configuration -Warning

 
tulasi
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Expect configuration -Warning

Hi,
i want to install expect in my Linux system for that i have been installed tcl/tk and configured succesfully but when i configure for expect saying warning error:can't find Tcl configuration definitions.

configuring Expect 5.38.0
checking for autoconf... yes
checking configure up to date... yes
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking shell to use within Make...
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for building with threads... no (default)
checking for Tcl configuration... configure: warning: Can't find Tcl configuration definitions
./configure: line 1106: #: No such file or directory


what might be the problem exactly.
can any one suggest me..

Thanking You,
Tulasi
4 REPLIES 4
Jerome Henry
Honored Contributor

Re: Expect configuration -Warning

Check that TCL and TK are in your path :

echo $PATH

And add them if they are not there...

hth

J
You can lean only on what resists you...
Caesar_3
Esteemed Contributor

Re: Expect configuration -Warning

Hello!

Few thing to check, do you use the version
that your program looking for.
The permissions of Tcl and the path to.

Caesar
Donald C Nelson
Frequent Advisor

Re: Expect configuration -Warning

Has anyone come up with a solution to this problem. I'm having the same issues.
Sergejs Svitnevs
Honored Contributor

Re: Expect configuration -Warning

You only need to to download and install tcl8.3 package.

Regards,
Sergejs