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ActiveTcl User Guide |
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Installing ActiveTcl
ActiveTcl binaries for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (x86, and
x86_64), Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX are available from the ActiveState
web site.
Windows
- 35 MB for the final install.
- Windows 2003/2000/NT (Service Pack 5+)/98: Internet Explorer
5+.
Mac OS X
- 50 MB for the final install.
- Mac OS X v10.3 (Panther) or later.
Linux
- 2.0 kernel or greater.
- 50 MB for the final install.
- web browser for reading documentation.
Linux x86_64
- 2.6 kernel or greater.
- 70 MB for the final install.
- web browser for reading documentation.
Solaris
- Solaris 2.8 or greater on sparc.
- Solaris 10 kernel or greater on x86.
- 55 MB for the final install.
- web browser for reading documentation.
Note that Tar on Solaris 2.6 has a bug that prevents proper
extraction of files in packages with long path names. GNU tar may
therefore be required to extract the package into the filesystem
correctly. A precompiled version of GNU tar for the sparc platform
is available from: http://www.sunfreeware.com/.
AIX
- AIX 5.1 or greater.
- 55 MB for the final install.
- web browser for reading documentation.
HP-UX
- HP-UX 11 or greater.
- 50 MB for the final install.
- web browser for reading documentation.
Windows
ActiveTcl is distributed on Windows as an executable installer
(.exe file).
- Download the
ActiveTcl AS Package for Windows
(
ActiveTcl-<version>-<platform>.exe).
- Double-click the installer file to extract the contents and run
the installation.
Mac OS X
ActiveTcl is distributed on Mac OS X as a disk image
(.dmg file). The disk image contains an installer
package (.pkg bundle) that installs ActiveTcl.
- Download the
ActiveTcl disk image
(
ActiveTcl-<version>-<platform>.dmg).
- If the browser does not automatically mount the disk image and
open the mounted folder in Finder, double-click
ActiveTcl-<version>-<platform>.dmg
to do so.
- Double-click the ActiveTcl installer package
(
ActiveTcl-<version>.pkg) to start the
installation.
- Follow the Installer prompts. The installer will ask for
administrative authentication if the current user does not have
administrative priviledges.
- After installation is complete, you may eject the ActiveTcl
disk image and move
ActiveTcl-<version>-<platform>.dmg
to the Trash.
OS X includes a non-interactive command line interface to
Apple's Installer. To install the ActiveTcl Apple installer from
the command line:
$ sudo installer -pkg /Users/<username>/ActiveTcl-<version>.pkg
More information on the command line interface to Installer can
be found in its man page.
ActiveTcl executables (wish, tclsh and
tkcon) are installed in /usr/local/bin.
If this directory is not in the user's PATH environment variable,
it can be added manually to the .profile or
.bash_ profile file in the user's home directory. For
example:
PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
export PATH
Linux / Linux x86_64
The download is a tar-gzipped archive. To extract, enter the
following command at the shell prompt:
gtar zxf /path/to/ActiveTcl-download.tar.gz
In the directory where you extracted the archive, run the
install.sh installer script, which will automatically
select between the GUI or text-based installer depending on your
system configuration. After installation, make sure that the
directory containing the installed executables
(ActiveTcl/bin) is included in your PATH variable.
Solaris
The download is a compressed tar archive. To extract, enter the
following command at the shell prompt:
compress -cd /path/to/ActiveTcl-download.tar.Z | tar xf
-
In the directory where you extracted the archive, run the
install.sh installer script, which will automatically
select between the GUI or text-based installer depending on your
system configuration. After installation, make sure that the
directory containing the installed executables is included in your
PATH variable.
Tar on Solaris 2.6 has a bug that prevents proper extraction of
files in packages with long path names. GNU tar may therefore be
required to extract the package into the filesystem correctly. A
precompiled version of GNU tar for the sparc platform is available
from http://www.sunfreeware.com.
AIX
The download is a tar-gzipped archive. To extract, enter the
following command at the shell prompt:
gtar zxf /path/to/ActiveTcl-download.tar.gz
Or:
gunzip < /path/to/ActiveTcl-download.tar.gz | tar xf
-
In the directory where you extracted the archive, run the
install.sh installer script, which will automatically
select between the GUI or text-based installer depending on your
system configuration. After installation, make sure that the
directory containing the installed executables
(ActiveTcl/bin) is included in your PATH variable.
HP-UX
The download is a tar-gzipped archive. To extract, enter the
following command at the shell prompt:
gtar zxf /path/to/ActiveTcl-download.tar.gz
Or:
gunzip < /path/to/ActiveTcl-download.tar.gz | tar xf
-
In the directory where you extracted the archive, run the
install.sh installer script, which will automatically
select between the GUI or text-based installer depending on your
system configuration. After installation, make sure that the
directory containing the installed executables
(ActiveTcl/bin) is included in your PATH variable.
Windows
To uninstall ActiveTcl, from the Start menu,
select Programs|ActiveState ActiveTcl|Uninstall
ActiveTcl.
Mac OS X
Run the uninstall script provided by ActiveTcl and
installed under
/Library/Receipts/ActiveTcl-<version>/Contents/Resources/uninstall.
This will remove all files, symbolic links and directories created
during installation, after the user has confirmed his intentions.
For example:
$ cd /Library/Receipts/ActiveTcl-<version>/Contents/Resources
$ sudo ./uninstall
... List of files, links, etc. which are removed ...
Linux
To uninstall ActiveTcl, run the "uninstall.tcl" script that is
located in the directory where you extracted the ActiveTcl archive.
Note that you must use the "wish" in the distribution you wish to
uninstall. For example:
% /path/Tcl/bin/wish
/path/Tcl/lib/ppm/log/ActiveTcl/uninstall_ActiveTcl.tcl
stored, by default, in the directory
/lib/ppm/log/ActiveTcl. You must use the wish
interpreter from the distribution you wish to uninstall. Ensure
that you do not run the uninstall script from a directory that will
be removed during the uninstallation.
For example:
% /path/Tcl/bin/wish
/path/Tcl/lib/ppm/log/ActiveTcl/uninstall_ActiveTcl.tcl
Note: if you are uninstalling both ActiveTcl
and Tcl Dev Kit, uninstall Tcl Dev Kit before uninstalling
ActiveTcl.
Solaris
To uninstall ActiveTcl, run the "uninstall_ActiveTcl.tcl" script
that is stored, by default, in the directory
/lib/ppm/log/ActiveTcl. You must use the wish
interpreter from the distribution you wish to uninstall. Ensure
that you do not run the uninstall script from a directory that will
be removed during the uninstallation.
For example:
% /path/Tcl/bin/wish
/path/Tcl/lib/ppm/log/ActiveTcl/uninstall_ActiveTcl.tcl
Note: if you are uninstalling both ActiveTcl
and Tcl Dev Kit, uninstall Tcl Dev Kit before uninstalling
ActiveTcl.
AIX
To uninstall ActiveTcl, run the "uninstall_ActiveTcl.tcl" script
that is stored, by default, in the directory
/lib/ppm/log/ActiveTcl. You must use the wish
interpreter from the distribution you wish to uninstall. Ensure
that you do not run the uninstall script from a directory that will
be removed during the uninstallation.
For example:
% /path/Tcl/bin/wish
/path/Tcl/lib/ppm/log/ActiveTcl/uninstall_ActiveTcl.tcl
Note: if you are uninstalling both ActiveTcl
and Tcl Dev Kit, uninstall Tcl Dev Kit before uninstalling
ActiveTcl.
HP-UX
To uninstall ActiveTcl, run the "uninstall_ActiveTcl.tcl" script
that is stored, by default, in the directory
/lib/ppm/log/ActiveTcl. You must use the wish
interpreter from the distribution you wish to uninstall. Ensure
that you do not run the uninstall script from a directory that will
be removed during the uninstallation.
For example:
% /path/Tcl/bin/wish
/path/Tcl/lib/ppm/log/ActiveTcl/uninstall_ActiveTcl.tcl
Note: if you are uninstalling both ActiveTcl
and Tcl Dev Kit, uninstall Tcl Dev Kit before uninstalling
ActiveTcl.
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