upgrading my tcl version

[tomdagliusa]

I'm using tcl/tk version 8.0 on an old RH (6.2).

[lnx /etc]$ more redhat-release
Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Zoot)
[lnx /etc]$ whereis tcl
tcl: /usr/bin/tcl /usr/lib/tcl8.0 /usr/include/tcl.h
[lnx /etc]$ whereis tk
tk: /usr/lib/tk8.0 /usr/include/tk.h /usr/man/mann/tk.n.gz
[lnx /etc]$

I'm running into an issue where I believe I need to upgrade the tcl/tk library I'm using to 8.3. Will that require a kernel rebuild, or do I have to import some new modules, or both, neither?

Thanks,
Tom

 

[marsd]

1)Go to activestate(

http://www.activestate.com)

and download their excellent package.
2)Use their installer to install it.
3)Next run something like this:
for x in $(type -p wish ; type -p tclsh)
do
mv $x $x.old
done
4)Finally
ln -s /usr/local/ActiveTcl/bin/tclsh /usr/bin/tclsh
ln -s /usr/local/ActiveTcl/bin/wish /usr/bin/wish


It's as simple as that and you still have the old packages
and libs to use for compatibility with older scripts.

 

[tomdagliusa]

Marsd,

Thanks for the suggestions. I tried to do an rpm, but I ran into so many dependancies that I gave up. I ended up porting (ftp of a g-zip/tar file) over to a system with the proper version of tcl, and I'm working fine.

Thanks again,
Tom