Supported by an enthusiastic community, tcltk quietly and efficiently has been providing crossplatform gui scripting to unix, windows and macintosh developers for many years. The ruby interpreter that comes with os x should already have tk bindings, so once tk is installed you should be able to run tk programs written in ruby. The resulting program can be distributed to machines that do not have tcltk installed. If not already installed, you can use your systems package manager to install the appropriate packages. Tcl tool command language tcl is an interpreted language and very portable interpreter for that langua. This page describes how to obtain a tcltk source release. Download tk packages for alpine, alt linux, arch linux, centos, debian, fedora, kaos, mageia, netbsd, openmandriva, opensuse, pclinuxos, slackware, solus, ubuntu. Based on your download you may be interested in these articles and related software titles. Tclvfs tcl virtual filesystems, base layer plus various implementations. The executable will also work on machines that have tcltk installed but will use its own tcltk image. Tool command language tcl is an interpreted language and very portable interpreter for that language. Most unix linux operating system distributions, as well as mac os x, include tcl tk. Screenshots and starpacks for windows and linux are available here. Other versions of the source distributions are available at sourceforge.
If not already installed, you can use your systems package manager to install. Optionally, create a copy of the file \tcl\bin\tclsh86t. The ruby interpreter that comes with os x should already have tk bindings, so once tk is installed you should be. The main site for tcl tk source distributions is sourceforge. When you download tcl and tk you get two programs, wish and tclsh, supporting script libraries, and online reference. Sections cover basic and advance programming techniques, specific aspects of tk widgets, and extending the c library that defines tcl. The tcl programming language and the tk toolkit on which it most usually operates. The androwish project distributes tcltk binaries for android platforms. For other ways to obtain tcltk such as binary distributions, see the main tcltk page. Unix linux operating system distributions, as well as mac os x, include tcltk. Download the tcltutor application bundle for mac osx powerpc download the tcltutor application bundle for mac osx x86 download the tcltutor tclkit for all platforms.
This command is used to install the tcl library interface headers. If youre looking for a tclkit, you can download these. Single file executables one of the simplest options for running tcl on your system is to download a selfcontained single file executable that includes the tcl interpreter and core packages within the executable image. Other videos are there and still for free at least 30 lessons in englishhowever, i have made them available only using. The other methods are covered on the tcltks project page, titled. The tcltk core consists of the tcl and tk libraries, plus the wish and tclsh applications, associated documentation, script. While linux distributions pretty much all come with tcl tk installed, most include tk 8. Most of them are built from tcltk sources using my kitcreator automated processes, and have the following features built in incr tcl. How to install the latest python version on linux mint, debian and ubuntu duration. The tcltk major version is determined when the installer is created and cannot be overridden. To run oommf youll need the right tcltk version installed on you system.
Hv3 widget page for the hv3 megawidget, a snit based pure tcl widget that adds some commonly requested functionality to tkhtml3 ffaq tkhtml. The largely unsung forerunner to projects like pyqt and pygtk is tcl tk, the first footprints of which can be traced back to before linux even was created. Its a graphical toolkit meant for tcl programming language allowing programmers to easily develop graphic applications capable of running on mac os x, linux, windows and various other platforms. Everything is staticly linked in, so there are no dependencies. Rpm and deb packages with precompiled binaries are avalaible for red hat, suse and debian distributions thatll make installation easier. In case, its not available or you need the latest version, then you may need to install it. The tcl and tk programs are distributed as two source tarballs tar archives, so you will have to installed them separately on your gnu linux system, if you need them both, of course. The resulting program can be distributed to machines that do not have tcl tk installed. The python for macos installers downloaded from this website dynamically link at runtime to tcltk macos frameworks. Each of these files is explained in more detail below.
Tcl and the tk toolkit by john ousterhout, addisonwesley, 1994, isbn 020163337x the seminal book on tcl and tk. Installing tk on os x is much the same as installing tk on windows. Note the complete book is not available to download for free. Linux development and web authoring languages tcl tk.
Apr, 2020 note the complete book is not available to download for free. Digital signatures for security purposes, all executable and dynamiclink library files available for download have been digitally signed by mistachkin systems. The easiest way to do this is to install the activetcl distribution from activestate, which includes tcl, tk, plus a number of other extension libraries. This hopefully diminishes the software requirements. Tcl tool command language is an easy to learn dynamic programming language, suitable for a very wide range of uses, including web and desktop applications, networking, administration, and testing. Join the many thousands of software developers who are already more productive with help from the tcl programming language and the tk graphical user interface toolkit. The latest versions can be downloaded from softpedia using the dedicated download section above. Tcl tool command language is an easy to learn dynamic programming language, suitable for a very wide range of uses, including web and desktop. Apr 20, 2015 mod04 lec23 programming using tcl tk i duration. May 18, 2014 to run oommf youll need the right tcltk version installed on you system. Tcl is available for linux, windows, mac os x, as well as other platforms, as opensource software under bsdlike license, or as prebuilt binaries.
Most of the linux operating systems come with tcl inbuilt and you can get started right away in those systems. Supported by an enthusiastic community, tcl tk quietly and efficiently has been providing crossplatform gui scripting to unix, windows and macintosh developers for many years. See binary distributions for obtaining prebuilt binaries. This is a distribution of tcl for linux, solaris, hpux and windows.
Tk is the standard gui not only for tcl, but for many other dynamic languages, and can produce rich, native applications that run unchanged across windows, mac os x, linux and more. An introduction to tcl scripting for cisco ios devices. For other ways to obtain tcl tk such as binary distributions, see the main tcl tk page. The androwish project distributes tcl tk binaries for android platforms. While linux distributions pretty much all come with tcltk installed, most include tk 8. They were originally released on august 18, 1997 and the most recent patch releases 8. Tcl is embeddable and extensible, and has been widely used since its creation in 1988 by john ousterhout. Tcl tool command language is a very powerful but easy to learn dynamic programming language, suitable for a very wide range of uses, including web and desktop applications, networking. This command is used to create a compatibility symbolic link to the wish8.
Tcl tool command language the language and library. May 04, 2012 shows how to install tcl tk interpreter on linux and also on windows. Tk can not only be used from tcl, but from several other programming languages like lua, python, perl, ruby and c too. The source releases include make files for windows, unix and xcode project files for mac os x. Now i want to run same script in a linux machine, but as i am new to linux systems, can anybody help me that how to install tcl in linux system and get executed the same script there. Shows how to install tcltk interpreter on linux and also on windows. Getting started with activetcl resources for getting started with activetcl.
The freewrap program turns tcltk scripts into singlefile binary executable programs. The trusted tcl distribution for windows, linux and mac, prebundled with top tcl tk modules free for development use. The semishared package has some libraries linked statically, whereas few others tcl, tk, opengl or mesa, and fftw3 are included within the package. In case, its not available, you can use the following command to download and install tcltk. This command is used to install the tk library interface headers used by other packages if they link to the tk library.
Most of them are built from tcltk sources using my kitcreator automated processes, and have the following features built in. Practical programming with tcl and tk by brent welch, prentice hall, 1995, isbn 01820079. The largely unsung forerunner to projects like pyqt and pygtk is tcltk, the first footprints of which can be traced back to before linux even was created. Xcrysden xwindow crystalline structures and densities. The tcl and tk programs are distributed as two source tarballs tar archives, so you will have to installed them separately on your gnulinux system, if you need them both, of course. Cvstrac cvstrac is used for project changelog, wiki and bug tracking. First off i would like to say im still fairly new to programming in tcltk but this intructable will cover how to download and install active tcl on windows.
The trusted tcl distribution for windows, linux and mac, prebundled with top tcltk modules free for development use. This switch is used to enable 64 bit support in tk on 64 bit operating systems. Save time in your development cycles by starting with a precompiled tcl distribution for outofthebox installation and standardization across the operating systems you rely on, including windows, linux and macos, with options for solaris, aix, and hpux, as well. Once tcltk is installed you should just be able to run oommf from the oommf. Part of a modern tk tutorial for tcl, ruby, python and perl. This page describes how to obtain a tcl tk source release. To use this, download the file, gunzip it, set the permissions to executable and run it. Note than some components, even including tk, man pages and c. The executable will also work on machines that have tcl tk installed but will use its own tcl tk image. Nov 22, 2019 the tcl and tk programs are distributed as two source tarballs tar archives, so you will have to installed them separately on your gnulinux system, if you need them both, of course.
A modern distribution standard installation will include tcltk as it is needed by many configuration tools. Jan 25, 2015 the freewrap program turns tcl tk scripts into singlefile binary executable programs. Most unix linux operating system distributions, as well as mac os x, include tcltk. Nov 15, 2018 tk is a graphical user interface toolkit that takes developing desktop applications to a higher level than conventional approaches. Tk is a graphical user interface toolkit that takes developing desktop applications to a higher level than conventional approaches.
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