Re: [omnetpp] The BLT Tcl/Tk extension is required by this program

["David Perez" <kafkiano at xxx>]

Well, I don't know who's to blame: tcl/tk version,
blt version or whatever... I've made it work in my
Ubuntu 7.10 with tcl/tk 8.4, blt2.4 and omnetpp-3.3,
computer science has mysterious ways!

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Anna Förster <
anna.egorova.foerster at xxx> wrote:

> Ciao,
>
> I had the same problem on my machine (linux) and - very interesting -
> omnet actually compiles fine and runs fine .. :-) try this before
> installing another version of tcl/tk .
>
> maybe it is a problem of the configure script?
>
> Anna
>
> On Jul 9, 2008, at 9:19 PM, David Perez wrote:
>
> > Mmm... I'll try to use tcl/tk 8.4 or earlier that I have in
> > my other computer, I'll tell my results, thanks!
> > (o sea, que voy a probarlo en la ubuntu 7.10 que tengo
> > en el otro ordenata)
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Javier Díaz <javier_diaz at xxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I use Tcl/Tk 8.5 (my linux distro installs this version) and it seems
> >> BLT 2.4 it is not compatible with this version of Tcl/Tk
> >> and appears the error that you told. So I imagine, that if your
> >> version
> >> of Tcl/Tk is also 8.5, the only solution is that the BLT developers
> >> adapt it to 8.5 version.
> >>
> >> David Perez escribió:
> >>> Hi, I have an important question, I get this horrible message when
> >>> I try to run plove or scalars:
> >>>
> >>> *The BLT Tcl/Tk extension is required by this program*
> >>>
> >>> I hate it! I have looked for a solution in hundreds of forums,
> >>> and I get one, but it doesn't work...
> >>>
> >>> This is:
> >>> To check if BLT is installed correctly into Tcl/Tk, start
> >>> "wish" (the
> >> Tcl/Tk
> >>> shell), and type "package require BLT 2.4" -- the answer should be
> >>> "2.4".
> >>> Basically, OMNeT<
> >> http://ctieware.eng.monash.edu.au/twiki/bin/view/Simulation/OMNeT>++
> >>> does the same: it issues the above package require command, and if
> >>> it
> >> fails
> >>> it prints the "NOT FOUND" warning and decides to cut features that'd
> >> require
> >>> BLT.
> >>>
> >>> Basically, Tcl is looking for a "pkgIndex.tcl" file which would
> >>> tell it
> >> how
> >>>
> >>> to load BLT. This file is best placed in a "blt2.4" subdirectory
> >>> under
> >> Tcl's
> >>> library directory (usually /usr/lib/tcl8.4, or the value of the
> >> TCL_LIBRARY
> >>> environment var), so: /usr/lib/tcl8.4/blt2.4/pkgIndex.tcl. Tcl
> >>> should
> >> also
> >>> find it at /usr/lib/blt2.4/pkgIndex.tcl. My copy of the BLT
> >>> pkgIndex.tcl
> >>> file is about 40 lines, and contains a
> >>> LoadBLT?<
> >>
> http://ctieware.eng.monash.edu.au/twiki/bin/edit/Simulation/LoadBLT?topicparent=Simulation.QuestionsAndAnswers
> >>> proc,
> >>> and (at the end) a "package ifneeded" command.
> >>>
> >>> Details about Tcl's package loading mechanism can be found here:
> >>> http://www.tcl.tk/doc/tea/tea_tcl2k.pdf, "The Package Mechanism"
> >>> Any help? Thanks!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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