Require "tk" on linux

Hi there, I really need to be able to use tk on my linux box, but I get an
error:

require "tk" => test.rb:1:in `require': No such file to load -- tk
(LoadError)

I can't figure out how to solve this, since I got tk installed, and i works
out just fine on my window box. Anyone who can help?

Thanks in advance.

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2006/3/24, Jeppe Jakobsen <jeppe88@gmail.com>:

Hi there, I really need to be able to use tk on my linux box, but I get an
error:

require "tk" => test.rb:1:in `require': No such file to load -- tk
(LoadError)

I can't figure out how to solve this, since I got tk installed, and i works
out just fine on my window box. Anyone who can help?

Thanks in advance.
--
"winners never quit, quitters never win"

--
Gerardo Santana
"Between individuals, as between nations, respect for the rights of
others is peace" - Don Benito Juárez

I'm afraid I did something wrong. When i enter the last line in step 3, I
got this error:
ruby: No such file or directory -- extconf.rb (LoadError)

Some things that may have caused the error:
Maybe I've been in the wrong directory? (Which one is the correct one?)
Maybe I don't get the part about extconf.rb. Is it an existing file, or
shall I create it? If so, where do I put it and what should it contain?

I'm kind of new to Linux, so I don't get most of the stuff yet.

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2006/3/25, Gerardo Santana Gómez Garrido <gerardo.santana@gmail.com>:

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2006/3/24, Jeppe Jakobsen <jeppe88@gmail.com>:
> Hi there, I really need to be able to use tk on my linux box, but I get
an
> error:
>
> require "tk" => test.rb:1:in `require': No such file to load -- tk
> (LoadError)
>
> I can't figure out how to solve this, since I got tk installed, and i
works
> out just fine on my window box. Anyone who can help?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> "winners never quit, quitters never win"
>
>

--
Gerardo Santana
"Between individuals, as between nations, respect for the rights of
others is peace" - Don Benito Juárez
http://santanatechnotes.blogspot.com/

--
"winners never quit, quitters never win"

From the same conversation:

# cd ext/tcltklib
# ruby extconf.rb --with-tcl-include=/usr/sfw/include
# make && make install

Of course, /usr/swf/include should point to where your Tcl headers are
installed. Everything will be clear for you when you read the README
file inside ext/tcltklib.

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2006/3/28, Jeppe Jakobsen <jeppe88@gmail.com>:

I'm afraid I did something wrong. When i enter the last line in step 3, I
got this error:
ruby: No such file or directory -- extconf.rb (LoadError)

Some things that may have caused the error:
Maybe I've been in the wrong directory? (Which one is the correct one?)
Maybe I don't get the part about extconf.rb. Is it an existing file, or
shall I create it? If so, where do I put it and what should it contain?

I'm kind of new to Linux, so I don't get most of the stuff yet.

2006/3/25, Gerardo Santana Gómez Garrido <gerardo.santana@gmail.com>:
>
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_frm/thread/df8ceea00bda518/953d9ff16fff153a?q=tk+no+such+file+to+load&rnum=28#953d9ff16fff153a
>
> 2006/3/24, Jeppe Jakobsen <jeppe88@gmail.com>:
> > Hi there, I really need to be able to use tk on my linux box, but I get
> an
> > error:
> >
> > require "tk" => test.rb:1:in `require': No such file to load -- tk
> > (LoadError)
> >
> > I can't figure out how to solve this, since I got tk installed, and i
> works
> > out just fine on my window box. Anyone who can help?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > --
> > "winners never quit, quitters never win"
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Gerardo Santana
> "Between individuals, as between nations, respect for the rights of
> others is peace" - Don Benito Juárez
> http://santanatechnotes.blogspot.com/
>
>

--
"winners never quit, quitters never win"

--
Gerardo Santana
"Between individuals, as between nations, respect for the rights of
others is peace" - Don Benito Juárez

Yes I saw it but I don't quite understand. For one thing, I don't seem to
have a directory called ext/tcltklib. I can't find it and neither can my
search function.
I don't have a directory called /usr/swf either.

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2006/3/29, Gerardo Santana Gómez Garrido <gerardo.santana@gmail.com>:

From the same conversation:

# cd ext/tcltklib
# ruby extconf.rb --with-tcl-include=/usr/sfw/include
# make && make install

Of course, /usr/swf/include should point to where your Tcl headers are
installed. Everything will be clear for you when you read the README
file inside ext/tcltklib.

2006/3/28, Jeppe Jakobsen <jeppe88@gmail.com>:
> I'm afraid I did something wrong. When i enter the last line in step 3,
I
> got this error:
> ruby: No such file or directory -- extconf.rb (LoadError)
>
> Some things that may have caused the error:
> Maybe I've been in the wrong directory? (Which one is the correct one?)
> Maybe I don't get the part about extconf.rb. Is it an existing file, or
> shall I create it? If so, where do I put it and what should it contain?
>
> I'm kind of new to Linux, so I don't get most of the stuff yet.
>
> 2006/3/25, Gerardo Santana Gómez Garrido <gerardo.santana@gmail.com>:
> >
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_frm
/thread/df8ceea00bda518/953d9ff16fff153a?q=tk+no+such
+file+to+load&rnum=28#953d9ff16fff153a
> >
> > 2006/3/24, Jeppe Jakobsen <jeppe88@gmail.com>:
> > > Hi there, I really need to be able to use tk on my linux box, but I
get
> > an
> > > error:
> > >
> > > require "tk" => test.rb:1:in `require': No such file to load -- tk
> > > (LoadError)
> > >
> > > I can't figure out how to solve this, since I got tk installed, and
i
> > works
> > > out just fine on my window box. Anyone who can help?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > --
> > > "winners never quit, quitters never win"
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Gerardo Santana
> > "Between individuals, as between nations, respect for the rights of
> > others is peace" - Don Benito Juárez
> > http://santanatechnotes.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> "winners never quit, quitters never win"
>
>

--
Gerardo Santana
"Between individuals, as between nations, respect for the rights of
others is peace" - Don Benito Juárez
http://santanatechnotes.blogspot.com/

--
"winners never quit, quitters never win"

You need Ruby's source code, ext/tcltklib is there. You need Tcl/Tk's
header files and libraries. Depending on your Linux distribution,
you'd need a *-devel and a *-lib package or something similar. Then
substitute /usr/sfw with the path where those files are installed.
Don't forget to read ext/tcltklib/README.1st

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2006/3/28, Jeppe Jakobsen <jeppe88@gmail.com>:

Yes I saw it but I don't quite understand. For one thing, I don't seem to
have a directory called ext/tcltklib. I can't find it and neither can my
search function.
I don't have a directory called /usr/swf either.

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Gerardo Santana

Message-ID: <99b4ad3b0603281428n2c1ad9d6g13f34f86825b260e@mail.gmail.com>

Yes I saw it but I don't quite understand. For one thing, I don't seem to
have a directory called ext/tcltklib. I can't find it and neither can my
search function.

If you extracted source codes of Ruby 1.8.4,
there is not 'ext/tcltklib'.
'ext/tcltklib' and 'ext/tk' were unified to 'ext/tk'.
Please check READMEs on 'ext/tk'.

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From: "Jeppe Jakobsen" <jeppe88@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Require "tk" on linux
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:28:23 +0900
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Hidetoshi NAGAI (nagai@ai.kyutech.ac.jp)

I'll take that I also will need the source for *-devel to get the headers?
Where can I find this? A search on google only gave me a lot of packages.

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2006/3/29, Gerardo Santana Gómez Garrido <gerardo.santana@gmail.com>:

2006/3/28, Jeppe Jakobsen <jeppe88@gmail.com>:
> Yes I saw it but I don't quite understand. For one thing, I don't seem
to
> have a directory called ext/tcltklib. I can't find it and neither can my
> search function.
> I don't have a directory called /usr/swf either.

You need Ruby's source code, ext/tcltklib is there. You need Tcl/Tk's
header files and libraries. Depending on your Linux distribution,
you'd need a *-devel and a *-lib package or something similar. Then
substitute /usr/sfw with the path where those files are installed.
Don't forget to read ext/tcltklib/README.1st

--
Gerardo Santana

--
"winners never quit, quitters never win"