glfs/general/prog/tk.xml

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  <!ENTITY tk-md5sum "408e34fe8a1cec497f98f05bbe89b348">
  <!ENTITY tk-size "3.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY tk-buildsize "21.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY tk-time "0.4 SBU">
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<sect1 id="tk" xreflabel="Tk-&tk-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="tk.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">tk&tk-version;-src.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftpdir">tk</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Tk-&tk-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="tk">
    <primary sortas="a-Tk">Tk</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Tk</title>

    <para>The <application>Tk</application> package contains a
    TCL GUI Toolkit.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&tk-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&tk-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &tk-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &tk-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &tk-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &tk-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Tk Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>) and
    <xref linkend="tcl"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Tk</title>

<para>Install <application>Tk</application> by running the following
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>export VERSION=&tk-version; &amp;&amp;
export V=`echo $VERSION | cut -d "." -f 1,2` &amp;&amp;
export DIR=$PWD &amp;&amp;
cd unix &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-threads &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
sed -i "s:${DIR}/unix:/usr/lib:" tkConfig.sh &amp;&amp;
sed -i "s:${DIR}:/usr/include/tk${V}:" tkConfig.sh</userinput></screen>

    <para>The test is not recommended.  Some tests may crash your X Server.  To
    test the results, issue: <command>make test</command>.  Ensure you run it
    from an X Window display device with the GLX extensions loaded, else the
    tests will hang.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

    <caution>
      <para>If you don't use <command>su</command> to become the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, ensure you set the
      environment variables <envar>VERSION</envar> and <envar>V</envar> again
      before running the installation commands.</para>
    </caution>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -d /usr/include/tk${V}/unix &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 *.h /usr/include/tk${V}/unix/ &amp;&amp;
install -v -d /usr/include/tk${V}/generic &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 ../generic/*.h /usr/include/tk${V}/generic/ &amp;&amp;
rm -v -f /usr/include/tk${V}/generic/{tk,tkDecls,tkPlatDecls}.h &amp;&amp;
ln -v -nsf ../../include/tk${V} /usr/lib/tk${V}/include &amp;&amp;
ln -v -sf libtk${V}.so /usr/lib/libtk.so &amp;&amp;
ln -v -sf wish${V} /usr/bin/wish</userinput></screen>

    <para>Clean up the unprivileged user's environment using the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>unset VERSION &amp;&amp;
unset V &amp;&amp;
unset DIR</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--enable-threads</parameter>: This switch forces the package
    to build with thread support.</para>

    <para><command>sed -i ...</command>: The <application>Tk</application> package
    assumes that the source used to build <application>Tk</application> is
    always kept around for compiling packages that depend on
    <application>Tk</application>. These <command>sed</command>s remove the
    reference to the build directory and replace them by saner system-wide
    locations.</para>

    <para><command>install ...</command>: These commands install the internal
    headers into a system-wide location.</para>

    <para><command>ln -v -sf ...</command>: These commands create compatibility
    symbolic links.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>wish and wish8.4</seg>
        <seg>libtk.so and libtkstub8.4.a</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/tk8.4 and /usr/lib/tk8.4</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="wish">
        <term><command>wish</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> is a symlink to the <command>wish8.4</command> program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="tk wish">
            <primary sortas="g-wish">wish</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="wish8.4">
        <term><command>wish8.4</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> is a simple shell containing the
          <application>Tk</application> toolkit that creates a main window and
          then processes <application>Tcl</application> commands.</para>
          <indexterm zone="tk wish8.4">
            <primary sortas="b-wish8.4">wish8.4</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libtk">
        <term><filename role="library">libtk.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains the API functions required
          by <application>Tk</application>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="tk libtk">
            <primary sortas="c-libtk">libtk.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>