Tcl-8.4.9

The Tcl package contains the Tool Command Language, a robust general-purpose scripting language.

Install Tcl by running the following commands:

export VERSION=8.4.9 &&
export V=`echo $VERSION | cut -d "." -f 1,2` &&
export DIR=$PWD &&
cd unix &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-threads &&
make &&
sed -i "s:${DIR}/unix:/usr/lib:" tclConfig.sh &&
sed -i "s:${DIR}:/usr/include/tcl${V}:" tclConfig.sh &&
sed -i "s,^TCL_LIB_FILE='libtcl${V}..TCL_DBGX..so',\
TCL_LIB_FILE=\"libtcl${V}\$\{TCL_DBGX\}.so\"," tclConfig.sh

Now, as the root user:

make install &&
install -d /usr/include/tcl${V}/unix &&
install -m644 *.h /usr/include/tcl${V}/unix/ &&
install -d /usr/include/tcl${V}/generic &&
install -c -m644 ../generic/*.h /usr/include/tcl${V}/generic/ &&
rm -f /usr/include/tcl${V}/generic/{tcl,tclDecls,tclPlatDecls}.h &&
ln -nsf ../../include/tcl${V} /usr/lib/tcl${V}/include &&
ln -sf libtcl${V}.so /usr/lib/libtcl.so &&
ln -sf tclsh${V} /usr/bin/tclsh

Clean up the unprivileged user's environment using the following commands:

unset VERSION &&
unset V &&
unset DIR

--enable-threads: This switch forces the package to build with thread support.

sed -i ...: The Tcl package assumes that the source that is used to build Tcl is always kept around for compiling packages that depend on Tcl. These seds remove the reference to the build directory and replace them by saner system wide locations.

install ...: These commands install the internal headers into a system-wide location.

ln -sf ...: These commands create compatibility symbolic links.