8.16.2. Contents of Tcl
Installed programs:
tclsh (link to tclsh8.6) and
tclsh8.6
Installed library:
libtcl8.6.so and libtclstub8.6.a
The Tcl package contains the Tool Command Language, a robust general-purpose scripting language. The Expect package is written in Tcl (pronounced "tickle").
This package and the next two (Expect and DejaGNU) are installed to support running the test suites for Binutils, GCC and other packages. Installing three packages for testing purposes may seem excessive, but it is very reassuring, if not essential, to know that the most important tools are working properly.
Prepare Tcl for compilation:
SRCDIR=$(pwd)
cd unix
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--mandir=/usr/share/man \
--disable-rpath
The meaning of the new configure parameters:
--disable-rpath
This parameter prevents hard coding library search paths (rpath) into the binary executable files and shared libraries. This package does not need rpath for an installation into the standard location, and rpath may sometimes cause unwanted effects or even security issues.
Build the package:
make
sed -e "s|$SRCDIR/unix|/usr/lib|" \
-e "s|$SRCDIR|/usr/include|" \
-i tclConfig.sh
sed -e "s|$SRCDIR/unix/pkgs/tdbc1.1.9|/usr/lib/tdbc1.1.9|" \
-e "s|$SRCDIR/pkgs/tdbc1.1.9/generic|/usr/include|" \
-e "s|$SRCDIR/pkgs/tdbc1.1.9/library|/usr/lib/tcl8.6|" \
-e "s|$SRCDIR/pkgs/tdbc1.1.9|/usr/include|" \
-i pkgs/tdbc1.1.9/tdbcConfig.sh
sed -e "s|$SRCDIR/unix/pkgs/itcl4.3.0|/usr/lib/itcl4.3.0|" \
-e "s|$SRCDIR/pkgs/itcl4.3.0/generic|/usr/include|" \
-e "s|$SRCDIR/pkgs/itcl4.3.0|/usr/include|" \
-i pkgs/itcl4.3.0/itclConfig.sh
unset SRCDIR
The various “sed” instructions after the “make” command remove references to the build directory from the configuration files and replace them with the install directory. This is not mandatory for the remainder of LFS, but may be needed if a package built later uses Tcl.
To test the results, issue:
make test
Install the package:
make install
Make the installed library writable so debugging symbols can be removed later:
chmod -v u+w /usr/lib/libtcl8.6.so
Install Tcl's headers. The next package, Expect, requires them.
make install-private-headers
Now make a necessary symbolic link:
ln -sfv tclsh8.6 /usr/bin/tclsh
Rename a man page that conflicts with a Perl man page:
mv /usr/share/man/man3/{Thread,Tcl_Thread}.3
Optionally, install the documentation by issuing the following commands:
cd .. tar -xf ../tcl8.6.15-html.tar.gz --strip-components=1 mkdir -v -p /usr/share/doc/tcl-8.6.15 cp -v -r ./html/* /usr/share/doc/tcl-8.6.15