[Vis5d-users] Re: RE: Installing full tcl support

Thanks Beverly... it worked!!

I set CPPFLAG & LDFLAG as you mentioned and it compiled without any errors... finally.  (thats 2 days well spent.. :)

dino

----- Original Message -----
From: Wallace, Beverly T
Sent: 12/5/2002 12:37:38 PM
To: da...@ic...
Cc: vis...@ss...
Subject: RE: Installing full tcl support

> Dino,
> 
> I recently installed vis5d+ 1.2.1 with tcl support on our SGI (IRIX 6.5).  I
> ran the following:
> 	setenv CPPFLAGS "-I/usr/freeware/include"
> 	setenv LDFLAGS "-L/usr/freeware/lib32"
> 	./config  --with-memory=0 --disable-fortran
> If "checking for Tcl_Eval in -ltcl..." still says no, look for an error
> message in config.log.
> 
> Next I noticed that the config.h file was empty except for two comment
> lines.  So I copied the "#define" section from config.log into config.h.
> Copy config.h to a backup file, because running "make" may empty it again.
> 
> - Bev Wallace
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Jim Edwards [SMTP:jed...@al...]
> > Sent:	Thursday, December 05, 2002 6:12 AM
> > To:	dw
> > Cc:	vis...@ss...
> > Subject:	Re: Installing full tcl support
> > 
> > Dino, 
> > 
> > configure determines if a valid tcl is available by trying to link a 
> > fucntion called Tcl_Eval in libtcl if the library isn't in LIBPATH or the 
> > funciton isn't in the library it won't work.  You might try building the 
> > standard distribution of tcl if sgi is distributing something that doesn't
> > 
> > work. 
> > 
> > Jim 
> > 
> > dw writes: 
> > 
> > > Hello Jim, 
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your reply.. 
> > > 
> > > I tried reinstalling vis5d+, but it didn't recognize tcl installation.
> > My "config.h" file has "HAVE_LIBTCL" commented out. 
> > > 
> > > I am running vis5d+ in Irix 6.5 (sgi octane2) workstation. I installed
> > sgi-tcl 8.0 availiable from SGI freeware site. 
> > > 
> > > I tried going to through "Makefile" and "configure.in" files trying to
> > find exactly what filenames the installtion script is looking for but I
> > couldn't figure it out. 
> > > 
> > > The documentation says that sgi-tcl is a bit different from normal Tcl,
> > i don't know if that is something I have to worry about? 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Dino 
> > > 
> > >>The configure script in 1.2.1 should find and include the tcl lib and
> > >>include files automatically when you run it.  It will define HAVE_LIBTCL
> > in
> > >>the toplevel config.h if it was found.  In other words full tcl support
> > is
> > >>included when you run configure as long as the configure script could
> > find
> > >>tcl/tk.   If you installed tcl/tk only after installing vis5d+.  Just
> > >>reinstall vis5d+. 
> > >>
> > >>Jim
> > >>> I am in the process of installing full tcl support for vis5d+. I was
> > trying >to follow instructions in 
> > >>>
> > >>> http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/script52.html 
> > >>>
> > >>> My Makefile (for vis5d+ 1.2.1) seems to be different. I Couldn't find
> > following lines of text, where I have to specify location of tcl.h and
> > libtcl.a files. 
> > >>>
> > >>> #TCL_INCLUDE
> > >>> #TCL_LIB 
> > >>>
> > >  
> > > 
> > > 
> >