Re: solaris binary init.tcl problem

[Joe!]

On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Steve Emsley wrote:

> I've just installed the solaris binary on my department's network. Heatbugs
> compiled and ran in batchmode fine. However, I have received the familiar
> error (at least judging from the mailing list archive):
> 
> error: TkExtra (instance)
> Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories: 
>     /bio/gen/sme/swarm-1.0.1/lib /usr/local/lib/tcl7.5 ./lib/tcl7.5 
> ./tcl7.5/library ./library
> This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.
> 
>     while executing
> "error $msg"
>     (procedure "init" line 30)
>     invoked from within
> "init"
> Abort (core dumped)
> 
> However, init.tcl *IS* in /bio/gen/sme/swarm-1.0.1/lib and I have set the
> environment variables: TCL_LIBRARY, TK_LIBRARY, BLT_LIBRARY to point to that
> directory (the env command confirms this) as well as SWARMHOME to it's parent.


I encountered this too when I first loaded the Swarm binaries on our own
Solaris 2.4 machine.  I eventually found that the makefiles (or runtime
stuff... I installed this a while ago, and can't remember exactly) are
looking in the wrong places for the tcl/tk libs and includes.  Here's an
ls of my own /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/include, and /usr/local/lib
directories: 


/usr/local/bin/:
total 2148
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     other         10 May  7 18:35 tclsh -> ./tclsh7.5
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     other     268384 May  7 18:17 tclsh7.5
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     other          9 May  7 18:35 wish -> ./wish4.1
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     other     805164 May  7 18:24 wish4.1

/usr/local/include/:
total 200
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other       2471 May  7 18:46 Tcl.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other       1222 May  7 18:46 Tk.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other      40634 May  7 18:17 tcl.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other       2132 May  7 18:46 tclObjc.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other      52481 May  7 18:24 tk.h

/usr/local/lib/:
total 3440
-rw-r-----   1 root     other      29778 Apr 23 13:39 libafp.a
-rw-r-----   1 root     other      22624 Apr 23 13:39 libafpc.a
-rw-r-----   1 root     other     174914 Apr 23 13:39 libcap.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     other         13 May  7 18:37 libtcl.a -> ./libtcl7.5.a
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root     other     429326 May  7 18:17 libtcl7.5.a
-rw-r--r--   1 root     staff     205268 May  7 18:46 libtclobjc.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     other         12 May  7 18:37 libtk.a -> ./libtk4.1.a
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root     other     834864 May  7 18:24 libtk4.1.a
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     other        512 May  7 18:17 tcl7.5
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other       3731 May  7 18:17 tclConfig.sh
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     other        512 May  7 18:24 tk4.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other       1742 May  7 18:24 tkConfig.sh

In short, the makefiles or runtime stuff didn't like that the version
numbers were attached to the various filenames.  Since I wanted to keep
the version numbers (admin type thing...), I created some soft links to
the appropriate files, using the appropriate names for the links.  I
haven't had any problems since.

I'm sure there are other ways around this... you're milage may vary.
Whatever the case, just don't take my word for it and repeat it blindly.

-With best wishes,
-Joseph Rose

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