Installing ActiveTcl for macOS

Requirements

• 50 MB for the final install
• macOS 10.7 (Lion) or later
• Intel processor or compatible

Installation

Installing with Package

1. Download the ActiveTcl installer package (ActiveTcl-<version>-macosx.pkg).
2. Double-click the ActiveTcl installer package (ActiveTcl-<version>.pkg) to start the installation.
3. Follow the Installer prompts. The installer will prompt for administrative authentication if the current user does not have administrative privileges.

ActiveTcl executables (wish, tclsh and tkcon) are installed in /usr/local/bin. If this directory is not in the user’s PATH environment variable, it can be added manually to the .profile or .bash_ profile file in the user’s home directory. For example:

PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
export PATH

Installing with the Package command line tool

macOS includes a command-line tool, installer, for installing macOS packages non-interactively from the command line. This can be useful for remote administration.

1. Download the ActiveTcl installer package (ActiveTcl-<version>-macosx.pkg).

2. Install ActiveTcl:

   sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/ActiveTcl-8.6/ActiveTcl-8.6.pkg -target /
   

   Note: It is sometimes useful to create an install log file (e.g. to send to ActiveState technical support). To do this, use the -verbose and -dumplog flags:

   sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/ActiveTcl-8.6/ActiveTcl-8.6.pkg \
   -target / -verbose -dumplog > install.log 2>&1
   

ActiveTcl executables (wish, tclsh and tkcon) are installed in /usr/local/bin. If this directory is not in the user’s PATH environment variable, it can be added manually to the .profile or .bash_ profile file in the user’s home directory. For example:

PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
export PATH

Uninstalling

Apple does not provide a standard uninstallation tool or mechanism. You may, however, use the uninstall script that comes with ActiveTcl to uninstall ActiveTcl:

sudo /Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/<version>/Resources/Scripts/uninstall