chapter05/tcl.xml

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   8 <sect1 id="ch-tools-tcl" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="tcl.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>tcl</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&tcl-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&tcl-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>Tcl-&tcl-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-tools-tcl">
  20     <primary sortas="a-Tcl">Tcl</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para>The <application>Tcl</application> package contains the Tool Command Language,
  27     a robust general-purpose scripting language. The <application>Expect</application> package
  28     is written in the <application>Tcl</application> language.</para>
  29
  30     <segmentedlist>
  31       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  32       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  33
  34       <seglistitem>
  35         <seg>&tcl-ch5-sbu;</seg>
  36         <seg>&tcl-ch5-du;</seg>
  37       </seglistitem>
  38     </segmentedlist>
  39
  40   </sect2>
  41
  42   <sect2 role="installation">
  43     <title>Installation of Tcl</title>
  44
  45     <para>This package and the next two (Expect and DejaGNU) are
  46     installed to support running the test suites for GCC and Binutils and other
  47     packages.  Installing three packages for testing purposes may seem
  48     excessive, but it is very reassuring, if not essential, to know that the
  49     most important tools are working properly. Even if the test suites are not
  50     run in this chapter (they are not mandatory), these packages are required
  51     to run the test suites in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.</para>
  52
  53     <para>Note that the Tcl package used here is a minimal version needed
  54     to run the LFS tests.  For the full package, see the
  55     <ulink url='&blfs-book;general/tcl.html'>BLFS Tcl procedures</ulink>.</para>
  56
  57     <para>Prepare Tcl for compilation:</para>
  58
  59 <screen><userinput remap="configure">cd unix
  60 ./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>
  61
  62     <para>Build the package:</para>
  63
  64 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  65
  66     <para>Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test
  67     suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run
  68     the Tcl test suite anyway, issue the following command:</para>
  69
  70 <screen><userinput remap="test">TZ=UTC make test</userinput></screen>
  71
  72     <para>The Tcl test suite may experience failures under certain host
  73     conditions that are not fully understood. Therefore, test suite failures
  74     here are not surprising, and are not considered critical. The
  75     <parameter>TZ=UTC</parameter> parameter sets the time zone to Coordinated
  76     Universal Time (UTC), but only
  77     for the duration of the test suite run. This ensures that the clock tests
  78     are exercised correctly. Details on the <envar>TZ</envar> environment
  79     variable are provided in <xref linkend="chapter-config"/>.</para>
  80
  81     <para>Install the package:</para>
  82
  83 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  84
  85     <para>Make the installed library writable so debugging symbols can
  86     be removed later:</para>
  87
  88 <screen><userinput remap="install">chmod -v u+w /tools/lib/libtcl&tcl-major-version;.so</userinput></screen>
  89
  90     <para>Install Tcl's headers. The next package, Expect, requires them
  91     to build.</para>
  92
  93 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install-private-headers</userinput></screen>
  94
  95     <para>Now make a necessary symbolic link:</para>
  96
  97 <screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sv tclsh&tcl-major-version; /tools/bin/tclsh</userinput></screen>
  98
  99   </sect2>
 100
 101   <sect2 id="contents-tcl" role="content">
 102     <title>Contents of Tcl</title>
 103
 104     <segmentedlist>
 105       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
 106       <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
 107
 108       <seglistitem>
 109         <seg>tclsh (link to tclsh&tcl-major-version;) and tclsh&tcl-major-version;</seg>
 110         <seg>libtcl&tcl-major-version;.so, libtclstub&tcl-major-version;.a</seg>
 111       </seglistitem>
 112     </segmentedlist>
 113
 114     <variablelist>
 115       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
 116       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
 117       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 118
 119       <varlistentry id="tclsh&tcl-major-version;">
 120         <term><command>tclsh&tcl-major-version;</command></term>
 121         <listitem>
 122           <para>The Tcl command shell</para>
 123           <indexterm zone="ch-tools-tcl tclsh&tcl-major-version;">
 124             <primary sortas="b-tclsh&tcl-major-version;">tclsh&tcl-major-version;</primary>
 125           </indexterm>
 126         </listitem>
 127       </varlistentry>
 128
 129       <varlistentry id="tclsh">
 130         <term><command>tclsh</command></term>
 131         <listitem>
 132           <para>A link to tclsh&tcl-major-version;</para>
 133           <indexterm zone="ch-tools-tcl tclsh">
 134             <primary sortas="b-tclsh">tclsh</primary>
 135           </indexterm>
 136         </listitem>
 137       </varlistentry>
 138
 139       <varlistentry id="libtcl&tcl-major-version;.so">
 140         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libtcl&tcl-major-version;.so</filename></term>
 141         <listitem>
 142           <para>The Tcl library</para>
 143           <indexterm zone="ch-tools-tcl libtcl&tcl-major-version;.so">
 144             <primary sortas="c-libtcl&tcl-major-version;.so">libtcl&tcl-major-version;.so</primary>
 145           </indexterm>
 146         </listitem>
 147       </varlistentry>
 148
 149       <varlistentry id="libtclstub&tcl-major-version;.a">
 150         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libtclstub&tcl-major-version;.a</filename></term>
 151         <listitem>
 152           <para>The Tcl Stub library</para>
 153           <indexterm zone="ch-tools-tcl libtclstub&tcl-major-version;.a">
 154             <primary sortas="c-libtclstub&tcl-major-version;.a">libtclstub&tcl-major-version;.a</primary>
 155           </indexterm>
 156         </listitem>
 157       </varlistentry>
 158
 159     </variablelist>
 160
 161   </sect2>
 162
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