Hi;
I am so far unable to run any of the sample programs or get gdbm or qgdbm or whatever to run. There seems to be many steps in installing xotcl that are not described in the installwin readme.
I have installed the software, fixed a bug in the makefile.vc that causes auto_path to be wrong in the built make file (INSTALLDIR is defined, but INSTDIR is used in the lib path macro).
Then, I ran installwin.tcl.
Then, even though not in the instructions, I ran make.xotcl in the new /tcl/lib/xotcl dir.
Then, I ran qgdbm0.3/install.tcl - something else not in the instructions, but it looked right.
Now, whenever I try to run almost any example program (in awo etc.) I get errors. In the case of awo/webdocument.xotcl it says it can't find webagent.xotcl. This file is in the mos dir.
Trying to run any of the store files gets a very curious problem: couldn't load library "K:\tcl\lib\tcl8.3\gdbm0.3\libtclgdbm.so": this library or a dependent lib rary could not be found in library path while executing "load K:/tcl/lib/tcl8.3/gdbm0.3/libtclgdbm.so" ("package ifneeded" script) invoked from within "package require -exact gdbm 0.3" (file "qgdbm.tcl" line 28)
Firstly, this is windows and the shared lib extension is "dll", not "so". (the .so error is in tcl/lib/xotcl/qgdbm0.3/pkgIndex.tcl file - hard coded shared lib extension. (Curiously, the pkgIndex.tcl in the sources doesn't have this problem - in fact it looks completely different.)) Secondly whatever extension you use, there is no libtclgdbm.dll or .so file anywhere! I have a tclgdbm.dll, a libgdbm.dll and a gdbm.dll, but no libtclgdbm.dll. Which is which and where should they go?
Another problem is with trying to run counter.xotcl in the /tcl/src/xotcl/apps dir - again, I get a package not found error: in this case, htmlplace.xotcl. It's almost like Xotclsh or XoWish don't do a pkgIndex search in any of the lib/xotcl dirs or subdirs.
If anyone can tell me how to get all this running on windows I would be VERY greatful.
Thanks,
Dave LeBlanc
"DL" == David LeBlanc whisper@oz.net writes:
DL> Hi; DL> I am so far unable to run any of the sample programs or get gdbm or qgdbm or DL> whatever to run. There seems to be many steps in installing xotcl that are DL> not described in the installwin readme.
DL> I have installed the software, fixed a bug in the makefile.vc that causes DL> auto_path to be wrong in the built make file (INSTALLDIR is defined, but DL> INSTDIR is used in the lib path macro).
DL> Then, I ran installwin.tcl.
DL> Then, even though not in the instructions, I ran make.xotcl in the new DL> /tcl/lib/xotcl dir.
Dear David,
incidentially, yesterday, I ran into similar problems as you describe. There seems to be a few things messed up in the win binary distribution that we should fix asap.
* first of all, the binary dll of gdbm that is included in the distribution is called libgdbm.dll and not like the unix-version libtclgdbm.so (maybe due to the classical 8+3 name restriction?) Please rename the dll to libtclgdbm.dll such it matches the name mentioned in lib\xotcl\pkgIndex.tcl
* secondly, the dll seems to require Tcl 8.2. Please, install Tcl 8.2 (in can be installed in parallel to Tcl 8.0 and 8.3 etc).
* thirdly - this does not seem to affect you, since you compiled xotcl yourself - it seems to me that the binary of xotclsh requires Tcl 8.3 (That means, to you the binary distribution, you need Tcl 8.2 and 8.3 installed)
running make.xotcl manually should not be neccessary.
DL> Then, I ran qgdbm0.3/install.tcl - something else not in the instructions, DL> but it looked right.
this should not be necessary.
DL> Now, whenever I try to run almost any example program (in awo etc.) I get DL> errors. In the case of awo/webdocument.xotcl it says it can't find DL> webagent.xotcl. This file is in the mos dir.
DL> Trying to run any of the store files gets a very curious problem: DL> couldn't load library "K:\tcl\lib\tcl8.3\gdbm0.3\libtclgdbm.so": this DL> library or a dependent lib DL> rary could not be found in library path DL> while executing DL> "load K:/tcl/lib/tcl8.3/gdbm0.3/libtclgdbm.so" DL> ("package ifneeded" script) DL> invoked from within DL> "package require -exact gdbm 0.3" DL> (file "qgdbm.tcl" line 28)
The .so filename is hardcoded in the gdbm distribution. to be on the safe side, remove the pkgIndex.tcl file from gdbm0.3 (and undo the results of the install file, e.g. remove K:/tcl/lib/tcl8.3/gdbm0.3/)
DL> Firstly, this is windows and the shared lib extension is "dll", not "so". DL> (the .so error is in tcl/lib/xotcl/qgdbm0.3/pkgIndex.tcl file - hard coded DL> shared lib extension. (Curiously, the pkgIndex.tcl in the sources doesn't DL> have this problem - in fact it looks completely different.)) Secondly DL> whatever extension you use, there is no libtclgdbm.dll or .so file anywhere! DL> I have a tclgdbm.dll, a libgdbm.dll and a gdbm.dll, but no libtclgdbm.dll. DL> Which is which and where should they go?
DL> Another problem is with trying to run counter.xotcl in the DL> /tcl/src/xotcl/apps dir - again, I get a package not found error: in this DL> case, htmlplace.xotcl. It's almost like Xotclsh or XoWish don't do a DL> pkgIndex search in any of the lib/xotcl dirs or subdirs.
have you set TCLLIBPATH to something like set TCLLIBPATH=c:/Programms/Tcl/lib/xotcl
Please, note the slashes and do not use backslashes!
DL> If anyone can tell me how to get all this running on windows I would be VERY DL> greatful.
DL> Thanks,
Hope, this helps
best regards
-gustaf neumann
PS: Please send the modified makefile.vc to me or to uwe. PPS: I will talk to Uwe to bring out an improved win binary asap.
DL> Dave LeBlanc
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