Addressbook problems

[Lance Hoffmeyer <lanceh@ibm.net>]

I am learning to use 'addressbook'.  It is supposed to work in either
X11 or text mode.  It works in X11 but when I try to use it from a
command prompt I get the follownig error message:

application-specific initialization failed: no display name and no
$DISPLAY environment variable
can't read "tk_version": no such variable
    while executing
"if {$tk_version == 3.6} {
    set oldtkversion 1
} else {
    set oldtkversion 0
}"
    (file "/usr/bin/addressbook" line 48)

what do I need to do to get addressbook working in text mode?

Thanks 

Lance