Still trying to install ruby/tk

ruby-talk
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I finally gave up on trying to get the
tcltklib file to work. By the way, it is
in /ruby/ruby1.8.5/ext/tk directory now,
not the /etc/tcltk directory (which doesn't
seem to exist).

I finally found the ruby-tcltk rpm for
my linux system (fedora 5), but when I
try to install it, it says it can't find

   libtk8.4.so

which exists in /usr/local/bin and in /usr/local.
Any ideas where it should be kept so it can be found
rpm?

thanks in advance
john slimick
slimick@pitt.edu

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Datum: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:50:00 +0900
Von: John Slimick <slimick@cameron.upb.pitt.edu>
An: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Betreff: Still trying to install ruby/tk

I finally gave up on trying to get the
tcltklib file to work. By the way, it is
in /ruby/ruby1.8.5/ext/tk directory now,
not the /etc/tcltk directory (which doesn't
seem to exist).

I finally found the ruby-tcltk rpm for
my linux system (fedora 5), but when I
try to install it, it says it can't find

   libtk8.4.so

which exists in /usr/local/bin and in /usr/local.
Any ideas where it should be kept so it can be found
rpm?

thanks in advance
john slimick
slimick@pitt.edu

Dear John,

I think this is a path setting issue.
Here's a discussion about installing TCl/Tk on Solaris, but I think
it will apply to Fedora as well:

Best regards,

Axel

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To answer my own problem, I got ruby/tk working
this evening. To get this done:

(1) I installed ActiveTcl (which defaults into /opt)

(2) I went back to the /etc/tk directory, and changed
    the hard-coded paths to ones where things might actually
    be found

(3) I set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH per the README.ActiveTcl file

(4) I ran extconf.rb with the CONFIGURE arguments per
    the README.tcltklib file

I have another installation to do tomorrow. I hope
this works a second time.

This was a difficult installation.

john slimick
slimick@pitt.edu

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On 2007-11-25, John Slimick <slimick@cameron.upb.pitt.edu> wrote:

I finally gave up on trying to get the
tcltklib file to work. By the way, it is
in /ruby/ruby1.8.5/ext/tk directory now,
not the /etc/tcltk directory (which doesn't
seem to exist).

I finally found the ruby-tcltk rpm for
my linux system (fedora 5), but when I
try to install it, it says it can't find

   libtk8.4.so

which exists in /usr/local/bin and in /usr/local.
Any ideas where it should be kept so it can be found
rpm?

thanks in advance
john slimick
slimick@pitt.edu