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Re: TK installation



On Mon Feb  1, 1999, ktb wrote:
>     I've never attempted anything like this before so I really have no
> clue.  What I'm trying to do is ultimately install the aol instant
> messenger program for unix.  To do this I have to install Tcl/Tk.  I
> don't know what they are for but I followed the directions and installed
> Tcl just fine, I think.  I didn't see any errors and when I type in
> "tclsh" at the prompt I get a different prompt "%" and I can type in
> commands, so I assume that is Tcl.  Anyway I then tried installing Tk.
> I did this first:
> 
> ~/tk8.0.4/unix$ ./configure -enable-gcc-shared
[SNIP]

Rather than compiling your own, why don't you just install the Debian
packages tcl8.0 and tk8.0.  They're in the libs section.

Noel


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