latest tcl/tk 8.5+ binary distr. for Tru64, where can i download it from??

[F. Javier Cobas]

Hi all,

Where can i download the latest available TCL/TK binary distribution or "setld" packages for Tru64 from?.

The latest one i was able to obtain was the OS default for Tru64 v.5.1B, i.e.:

TCL version 8.2 , patchlevel 8.2.1

I would need some version 8.5.7 or greater.

In case the binaries are not available ... has anyone tried to compile TCL v.8.5.7+ from sources under "Tru64 v.5.1_something" OS successfully?, Does it compile/link/install easily?. (I have not tried yet, so i would appreciate any hint if it needs some trick or adjustment, not to re-invent the wheel).

TIA,
Javier.

[VINCENT, Jean-Marc]

Hello Javier,

TCL 8.5.7 sources are available at http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/tcl8.5.7-src.tar.gz

You will have to read the README and unix/README files to get how to compile.

Hope this will help you.
Jean-Marc

[F. Javier Cobas]

Thank you Vincent,

So i must assume there are no downloadable TCL/TK binaries available since version 8.2.1+ for Tru64. (I just wonder why).

I have downloaded the sources yesterday late, i have had not much time to check them yet. I am quite a bit busy now, so i would still appreciate it if someone have tried it already (**for Tru64 UNIX, porting a version later than 8.2.1 **) and can tell me if this is a right away process, just porting them to Tru64. Or if i should reserve perhaps more than, let say, a pair of hours for that purpose. :-)

Javier.

[VINCENT, Jean-Marc · Accepted solution]

Javier,

No real problem to build 8.5. on Tru64 UNIX.

I have been able to build on my V5.1B-5 (PK7/BL28) as following:

# cd /tmp
# gzip -d -c tcl8.5.7-src.tar.gz | tar xpvf -
# cd tcl8.5.7/unix
# ./configure

edit the Makefile to replace:

CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE) -DHAVE_TZSET -std1 -ieee

by:

CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE) -DHAVE_TZSET

and

# make

Jean-Marc

[F. Javier Cobas]

Hello Jean-Marc,

With the change you pointed in the Makefile (after default configuration) it took me less than five minutes to install TCL v.8.5.7 in a "hp AlphaServer ES47 7/1000".

Later i will try the "--enable-64bit" flag in the "configure" script, because it is not taken by default.

Also I have to think out weather i should use some other non-default options like "--enable-threads" in the "configure" script rather than the default ones or not, for Tru64.

thank you very much again.

Regards,
Javier.