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eduac

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Registered: 2006-03-17

Posts: 123

Error on tcl configure

Fellas,

I try to compile the tcl8.5a3 package with tarball method, but i cant. This is the error:

./configure --prefix=/usr
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checking how to build libraries... shared
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking if 64bit support is requested... no
checking if 64bit Sparc VIS support is requested... no
checking system version (for dynamic loading)... ./configure: line 15271: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
./configure: line 15271: `      OSF*)'

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badger

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From: Melb

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 76

Re: Error on tcl configure

I've taken the ABS pkgbuild, updated it for tcl 8.5a4rc0 and it configured, and compiled fine. I've just run ./configure --prefix=/usr manually and it had no problem. So this amateur is out of ideas.

Maybe try the most recent versions of autoconf and related tools?

cheers

eduac

Member

Registered: 2006-03-17

Posts: 123

Re: Error on tcl configure

I've taken the ABS pkgbuild, updated it for tcl 8.5a4rc0 and it configured, and compiled fine. I've just run ./configure --prefix=/usr manually and it had no problem. So this amateur is out of ideas.

Maybe try the most recent versions of autoconf and related tools?

cheers

Thx for your reply

but, im a newbie on arch, what is ABS pkgbuild????

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badger

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From: Melb

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 76

Re: Error on tcl configure

The wiki can explain it much better than I can:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS

In this case I just copied the existing Arch "official" TCL 8.4 PKGBUILD, updated the version number and the location of the rc0 for tcl 8.5a4 (as announced on the tcl mailing list) and used makepkg.

I find it much easier to knock up a PKGBUILD than an ebuild or deb
(but now with the AUR it isn't required nearly as often, thanks to everyone's hard work).

Hope that helps a little. This should probably be in the workstation or making packages or newbie forum.

cheers