[GRASSLIST:1273] Re: tcltk problem with grass5b10

[William L. Baker]

I too had this same error upon installing under Linux
Mandrake 7.2.  ./configure fails to find the tcl library
(tcltk 8.3 is included) for some reason.  After manually
editing the resulting Gmakefile so that the library is
correctly identified, then the make install step does
work and the funny little box etc. go away.  Perhaps
there's a way to fix the configure script so it finds 
the library right in the future?  This is beyond my
area of knowledge.

Bill B

-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Hickey [mailto:jhickey at hpcc.nectec.or.th]
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 12:47 AM
To: Andy Bernat; grasslist at baylor.edu
Subject: [GRASSLIST:1268] Re: tcltk problem with grass5b10


Hi Andy

Andy Bernat wrote:
> I just compiled grass5b10 using SuSE 7.0 (personal ed.). I got a
> message that tcltk wasn't installed but because other applications
> using tcltk work, I went ahead and tried loading grass.  All I get is 
> a tcltk box with a title something like tkgis_set (not quite right but
> close) but nothing in the box and there is no response when I click on
> it.  Is this a problem with my tcltk installation?  I'm thinking not
> because I let SuSE do it automatically and, more importantly, other
> applications are having no problems with it.  Or is it a problem with
> my grass setup?  I didn't set up any data directories because I 
> thought I'd be prompted to do so later but I can't get beyond this
> little box. Thanks in advance for any help.

The fact that you have a Tcl/Tk box indicates that wish is running, so
the problem is not with Tcl/Tk, but somewhere else in the initialization
scripts. Were there any other error messages? Do you have a .grassrc5
file? If so, what are it's contents?

-- 
Sincerely,

Jazzman (a.k.a. Justin Hickey)  e-mail: jhickey at hpcc.nectec.or.th
High Performance Computing Center
National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)
Bangkok, Thailand
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