The  Tcl package contains the Tool Command Language, a robust general-purpose scripting language.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP):  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/tcl8.5.10-src.tar.gz
  • Download (FTP):  ftp://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/distfiles/tcl8.5.10-src.tar.gz
  • Download MD5 sum: a08eaf8467c0631937067c1948dd326b
  • Download size: 4.3 MB
  • Estimated disk space required: 47 MB (includes documentation installation)
  • Estimated build time: 0.4 SBU

Additional Downloads

Optional Documentation
  • Download (HTTP):  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/tcl8.5.10-html.tar.gz
  • Download MD5 sum: 3b5cf7f3dffe534bda80fb826937034a
  • Download size: 912 KB
User Notes:  http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/tcl

Installation of Tcl

This package is also installed in LFS during the bootstrap phase. As it is not installed during Chapter 6 of LFS, installation instructions are included here in BLFS.
If you downloaded the optional documentation, unpack the tarball by issuing the following command: 
tar -xf ../tcl8.5.10-html.tar.gz --strip-components=1
Install  Tcl by running the following commands: 
cd unix && ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --enable-threads \ --mandir=/usr/share/man && make && sed -i \ -e "s@^\(TCL_SRC_DIR='\).*@\1/usr/include'@" \ -e "/TCL_B/s@='\(-L\)\?.*unix@='\1/usr/lib@" \ tclConfig.sh
To test the results, issue:  make test.
Now, as the  root user: 
make install && make install-private-headers && ln -v -sf tclsh8.5 /usr/bin/tclsh && chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libtcl8.5.so
If you downloaded the optional documentation, install it by issuing the following commands as the  root user: 
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/tcl-8.5.10 && cp -v -R ../html/* /usr/share/doc/tcl-8.5.10

Command Explanations

--enable-threads: This switch forces the package to build with thread support.
make install-private-headers: This command is used to install the  Tcl library interface headers used by other packages if they link to the  Tcl library.
ln -v -sf tclsh8.5 /usr/bin/tclsh: This command is used to create a compatibility symbolic link to the  tclsh8.5 file as many packages expect a file named  tclsh.
sed -i -e ... tclConfig.sh: The  Tcl package expects that its source tree is preserved so that packages depending on it for their compilation can utilize it. This  sedremoves the references to the build directory and replaces them with saner system-wide locations.

Contents

Installed Programs: tclsh and tclsh8.5
Installed Libraries: libtcl8.5.so and libtclstub8.5.a
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/tcl8, /usr/lib/tcl8.5, /usr/share/man/mann, and optionally, /usr/share/doc/8.5.10

Short Descriptions

tclsh
is a symlink to the  tclsh8.5 program.
tclsh8.5
is a simple shell containing the  Tcl interpreter.
libtcl.so
contains the API functions required by  Tcl.