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Installing Tcl Dev Kit
Tcl Dev Kit binaries for Windows, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, and Solaris are available from the ActiveState web site.
Some Demos and Examples in Tcl Dev Kit require ActiveTcl. ActiveTcl also provides the standard basekits. ActiveTcl should be installed before Tcl Dev Kit for best results.
The Windows distribution includes documentation in Windows .CHM (compiled help) format. An HTML version of the documentation is available from the ActiveState web site.
System Requirements for Tcl Dev Kit
Windows
- ActiveTcl version 8.4.9.1 or greater.
- 20 MB of temporary disk space (used during the installation); 20 MB for the final install.
- Windows 2003/2000/NT (Service Pack 5+)/98: Internet Explorer 5+.
Linux
- ActiveTcl version 8.4.9.1 or greater.
- 2.4 kernel or greater.
- x86 architecture.
- 20 MB of temporary disk space (used during the installation); 10 MB for the final install.
- HTML reader for the Tcl Dev Kit documentation; JavaScript must be enabled to use the documentation's search function.
Solaris
- ActiveTcl version 8.4.9.1 or greater.
- Solaris 2.6 or greater.
- sparc architecture.
- 20 MB of temporary disk space (used during the installation); 10 MB for the final install.
- HTML reader for the Tcl Dev Kit documentation; JavaScript must be enabled to use the documentation's search function.
Note that Tar on Solaris 2.6 has a bug that prevents proper extraction of files in packages with long path names. GNU tar may therefore be required to extract the package into the filesystem correctly. A precompiled version of GNU tar for the sparc platform is available from http://www.sunfreeware.com/.
HP-UX
- ActiveTcl version 8.4.9.1 or greater.
- HP-UX 11 or greater.
- PA-RISC architecture.
- 20 MB of temporary disk space (used during the installation); 10 MB for the final install.
- HTML reader for the Tcl Dev Kit documentation.
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AIX
- ActiveTcl version 8.4.9.1 or greater.
- AIX 5.1 or greater.
- POWERPC architecture.
- 15 MB of temporary disk space (used during the installation); 9 MB for the final install.
- HTML reader for the Tcl Dev Kit documentation.
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Installing Tcl Dev Kit
Multiple versions of the Tcl Dev Kit can be installed on the same system. See Can I install multiple versions of the TDK? in the FAQ for more information.
Windows
Double-click the installer file to extract the contents and run the installation.
Note: on Windows 98/ME, Tcl Dev Kit will not insert the directory containing its applications in the PATH environment variable. Manually alter your PATH variable as necessary.
Linux / Solaris / HP-UX
The download is a tar-gzipped archive. To extract, enter the following command at the shell prompt:
gtar zxf /path/to/TclDevKit-download.tar.gz
If tar is not available on your system, use gunzip. For example:
gunzip < /path/to/TclDevKit-download.tar.gz | tar xf -
Run TclDevKit-platform/install.sh, which will automatically select between
the GUI or text-based installer depending on your system configuration. After
installation, make sure that the directory containing the installed executables
is included in your PATH variable.
Tar on Solaris 2.6 has a bug that prevents proper extraction of files in packages with long path names. GNU tar may therefore be required to extract the package into the filesystem correctly. A precompiled version of GNU tar for the sparc platform is available from http://www.sunfreeware.com.
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Uninstalling Tcl Dev Kit
Windows
To uninstall Tcl Dev Kit, from the Start menu, select Programs|ActiveState Tcl Dev Kit|Uninstall Tcl Dev Kit.
Linux / Solaris / HP-UX
To uninstall Tcl Dev Kit, run the "uninstall_tdk.tcl" script that is stored, by default,
in the directory /lib/ppm/log/tcldevkit.
You must use the tdkbase interpreter from the distribution you wish to uninstall.
Ensure that you do not run the uninstall script from a directory that will be
removed during the uninstallation.
For example:
% /path/Tcl/bin/tdkbase /path/Tcl/lib/ppm/log/tcldevkit/uninstall_tdk.tcl
Note: if you are uninstalling both Tcl Dev Kit and ActiveTcl, and you had both installed into the same directory, uninstall Tcl Dev Kit before uninstalling ActiveTcl.
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