Re: [Swarm-Support] error: TkExtra (instance)

[Matthew E. Gaston]

So, I've done everything that Paul has suggested.

Installed (successfully):
gcc 3.3.1
blt2.4y
tk8.4.4
tcl8.4.4
hdf5-1.6.0

And ended up with a newer version of the same old error after attempting
to install swarm.

error: TkExtra (instance)
wrong # args: should be "tclPkgUnknown name version ?exact?"
    while executing
"unknown_pre_tclObjc $name $args"
    (procedure "::unknown" line 6)
    invoked from within
"tclPkgUnknown msgcat {}"
    ("package unknown" script)
    invoked from within
"package require msgcat"
Aborted

If there is any hope, let me know what else I can provide to make this
work.

Happy swarming,
Matt

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Paul E Johnson wrote:

>I think the TkExtra error is going back to the problem that Swarm is not
>correctly installed in your user account, or perhaps there is a flaw in
>your blt installation.
>
>I think we need to go back where I was pushing before.  I think the
>problem is showing up here because you are trying to access the gui, and
>that is where blt and other stuff becomes important.  The one big
>warning that makes me think your install is wrong is that you say  you
>used gcc-3.2.1, and I know for a fact that Swarm does not compile
>cleanly with that compiler.  So it makes me wonder if you applied some
>special touches to get past the compiler warnings.
>
>As I recall you don't have root privilege, so you can't install RPMS.
>too bad. You need to follow a pretty strict regime in your user account.
>
>use gcc-3.0.4(patched) or gcc-3.3, not gcc-3.2.
>
>In case you need the gcc-3.0.4 patch, it is here:
>
>http://lark.cc.ku.edu/~pauljohn/software/gcc-upgrades/3.0.4RH72/Marcus_objc_gcc301.patch
>
>The autoconf version for swarm is 2.52, so get that. Maybe you don't
>need it if you install swarm from a readymade tarball, but if you try
>from CVS, you need that for sure.
>
>install/test blt. On RH9, I'm still using the blt that was distributed
>with RH8.  I had trouble with the newer 2.4z version, but the version
>RedHat used, blt-2.4u-7, seems OK to me.
>
>install/test hdf5. The version that works for me is:
>hdf5-1.4.5post2
>The newer ones had some bugs that they were working around.
>
>Of course, you have to install that in your user account.  I think there
>will be some monkey business with LD_LIBRARY_PATH because your blt libs
>will not  be in /usr/lib, but rather in /home/matthew/packages/blt/lib
>or whatever.  But I think you can get past that by setting some
>environment variables, such as
>
>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/matthew/packages/blt/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>
>
>Get the tarball for the newest swarm snapshot there is.
>
>I think the last one I made is:
>
>swarm-2.1.147.20030812
>
>You will have a very complicated configure statement, if you have
>trouble, let us know what you try.
>
>
>
>Matthew E. Gaston wrote:
>
>>>
>>>>I've (successfully?) installed swarm on Redhat 9, kernel 2.4.20-18.9,
>>>
>>>with
>>>
>>>>gcc 3.2.1.  Using the tutorial to test swarm, all simpleBug's work until
>>>>the gui's are introduced (simpleObserverBug). Then, upon execution I
>>>
>>>get:
>>>
>>>
>>>>># ./bug
>>>>>error: TkExtra (instance)
>>>>>
>>>>>Aborted
>>>
>
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Matthew E. Gaston
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