Re: 1.3 and 2 Tcl/Tk versions

[Paul E. Johnson]

Dear Matt:

I've faced this 2 tcl/tk problem before.  It is not a big problem to
recompile blt for the
tcl/tk 8.0 and then you will be OK.  You don't describe what problem you
have compiling
blt8.0unofficial, but  if you tell, I'll check it  out.  You could also try
the blt2.4e against
the tcl/tk8.0. That works fine too.

It is easy to force swarm 1.3 to use the tcl/.tk you want. If you do
./configure --help,
you see the options.  --with-tcldir and --with-tkdir can be specified.

I'm assuming that you have tcl/.tk 8.0 installed in /usr and tcl/tk7.6/4.2
somewhere else,
such as /usr/local/.  I do not think it is possible/feasible/workable to
have them both
installed in the same directory.

WHen I had 2 tcl/tk installed, I got lots of help from Marcus on
controlling the paths
when installing swarm 1.1. Perhaps some ofthat stuff might still help:
http://www.santafe.edu/projects/swarm/archive/list-archive.9712/0063.html

Incidentally, I have only tcl/tk 8.0 now, and to use TkDesk you can use the
statically
linked binaries he is offering.  If that is the only app that requires the
old tkdesk,
dump it, and grab that new 1.1 tkdesk binary package!

Good luck. Let us know how the seagrass project goes.
pj
Matt Aylward wrote:

> Greetings all,
> I have been using swarm 1.2 compiled with Tcl/Tk version 7.6/4.2(I think
> thats it).
> I have recently added Tcl/Tk 8.0 for use with tcltkgrass and xdataplot,
> but I need to keep 7.6/4.2 for some other applications (e.g. TkDesk).
> I have blt2.3.
> All my swarm1.2 models still run fine.
> But!! Swarm1.3 configure detect tcltk 8 and compiles ok but of course
> the blt and tcltk versions clash at run time.
> I have tried to compile blt8.0-unoff without success.
>
> So, is there a way to force Swarm1.3 to use Tcl/tk 7.6/4.2 and blt2.3 at
> compile time or should I persevere with blt 8.0-unoff.
> I am using gcc-2.7.2.1, should I upgrade to gcc-2.8.1
> I am using SuSE Linux 5.1 and will be upgrading to 5.3 (released this
> month), this could solve some problems but I have important swarm Work
> to do NOW.
>
> On another subject i am writing swarm libraries to implement GIS
> "focal"(ARC/INFO) or "neighbor"(GRASS) functions. these will operate on
> Discrete2d's and produce Discrete2d's. I need these to do a lot of
> heirarchical density analyses and grouping seagrass agents into
> "patches" and "meadows". If anyone thinks these may be of general use
> let me know.
>
> Cheers,
> Matt
>
> --
> Matt Aylward: <address@hidden> or <address@hidden>
> GIS Geek and Linux Lover - OS for the people by the people
> Depts of Geography (GIS) and Botany (Marine), UWA
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