The
Tcl
package contains the Tool
Command Language, a robust general-purpose scripting language. The
Expect
package is written in
Tcl
(pronounced "tickle").
This package and the next two (Expect and DejaGNU) are installed to
support running the test suites for Binutils, GCC and other
packages. Installing three packages for testing purposes may seem
excessive, but it is very reassuring, if not essential, to know
that the most important tools are working properly.
Prepare Tcl for compilation:
SRCDIR=$(pwd)
cd unix
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--mandir=/usr/share/man
Build the package:
sed -e "s|$SRCDIR/unix|/usr/lib|" \
-e "s|$SRCDIR|/usr/include|" \
-i tclConfig.sh
sed -e "s|$SRCDIR/unix/pkgs/tdbc1.1.5|/usr/lib/tdbc1.1.5|" \
-e "s|$SRCDIR/pkgs/tdbc1.1.5/generic|/usr/include|" \
-e "s|$SRCDIR/pkgs/tdbc1.1.5/library|/usr/lib/tcl8.6|" \
-e "s|$SRCDIR/pkgs/tdbc1.1.5|/usr/include|" \
-i pkgs/tdbc1.1.5/tdbcConfig.sh
sed -e "s|$SRCDIR/unix/pkgs/itcl4.2.3|/usr/lib/itcl4.2.3|" \
-e "s|$SRCDIR/pkgs/itcl4.2.3/generic|/usr/include|" \
-e "s|$SRCDIR/pkgs/itcl4.2.3|/usr/include|" \
-i pkgs/itcl4.2.3/itclConfig.sh
unset SRCDIR
The various
“
sed
”
instructions after the
“
make
”
command remove
references to the build directory from the configuration files and
replace them with the install directory. This is not mandatory for
the remainder of LFS, but may be needed if a package built later
uses Tcl.
To test the results, issue:
make test
Install the package:
make install
Make the installed library writable so debugging symbols can be
removed later:
chmod -v u+w /usr/lib/libtcl8.6.so
Install Tcl's headers. The next package, Expect, requires them.
make install-private-headers
Now make a necessary symbolic link:
ln -sfv tclsh8.6 /usr/bin/tclsh
Rename a man page that conflicts with a Perl man page:
mv /usr/share/man/man3/{Thread,Tcl_Thread}.3
Optionally, install the documentation by issuing the following
commands:
cd ..
tar -xf ../tcl8.6.13-html.tar.gz --strip-components=1
mkdir -v -p /usr/share/doc/tcl-8.6.13
cp -v -r ./html/* /usr/share/doc/tcl-8.6.13
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