Re: [Simulavr-devel] Error in startup script: can't find package Itcl

[Joel Sherrill]

Schwichtenberg, Knut wrote:
> Gents,
>
> I think there are two things around: 
> Joel is talking about the latest version and Michael talks about checkdebug.tcl which is NOT part of the latest version (CVS HEAD)!
>
>   
Yes but I am confused as to what source version he has.
Different errors indicate different dates on the source.
> Second Itcl is needed! 
>
> gui.tcl relies on Itcl. If the package manager of fedora is case sensitive try it with a lower case "i". Gui.tcl needs it definitively. I expect checkdebug simplfies the handling of the missing package - while gui.tcl needs it checkdebug throws the error message before gui.tcl is startet. 
>
>   
Yes gui.tcl needs it but none of the check scripts do.
> And please do not mix up RPM-package names and TCL package names. They might be 
> identical but there is no need! So itcl.rpm can of course contain TCL-package 
> Itcl.
>
>   
:) I always have trouble remembering vim-X11 which doesn't
get loaded by default.  It's the first package I add on a new
install.

--joel
> Cheers, 
> Knut
>
>
> Joel Sherrill wrote:
>   
> >    I encountered the following problem:
> >
> >
> >        address@hidden anacomp]$ make dogdb
> >        /usr/bin/wish checkdebug.tcl
> >        Error in startup script: can't find package Itcl
> >        while executing
> >        "package require Itcl"
> >        (file "checkdebug.tcl" line 9)
> >        make: *** [dogdb] Error 1
> >        address@hidden anacomp]$ 
> >
> >
> >    I dealt with it before, but don't remember how.
> >    Google hasn't helped. I'm not sure what name to ask for:
> >
> > I don't believe any of them actually require Itcl.  Try deleting the line.
> >
> >
> > FWIW if anacomp still has that you are not running the CVS head.
> >
> >        address@hidden local]# yum provides Itcl
> >        Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
> >        fedora | 2.4 kB 00:00
> >        rpmfusion-free-updates | 2.7 kB 00:00
> >        rpmfusion-nonfree-updates | 2.7 kB 00:00
> >        rpmfusion-free | 951 B 00:00
> >        updates-newkey | 2.3 kB 00:00
> >        freshrpms | 2.4 kB 00:00 rpmfusion-nonfree | 951 B 00:00
> >        updates | 2.6 kB 00:00
> >        Warning: 3.0.x versions of yum would erronously match against filenames.
> >        You can use "*/Itcl" and/or "*bin/Itcl" to get that behaviour
> >        No Matches found
> >        You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
> >        address@hidden local]# yum provides "*/*Itcl*"
> >        Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit updates-newkey/filelists_db | 7.5 MB 
> > 00:19
> >        No Matches found
> >
> >
> >    I do have tcl and tk installed.
> >
> >
> >    Michael Hennebry
> >    address@hidden
> >     
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