Re: rhdb-admin can't find a usable itcl.tcl on rh 8.0

[Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com>]

Have you tried what the message below recommends, i.e.:

 > If you know where the Itcl library directory was installed,
 > you can set the environment variable ITCL_LIBRARY to point
 > to the library directory.

BTW, the Red Hat RPM does not install the itcl.tcl file at this 
location, but at:

/usr/lib/itcl3.2/itcl.tcl

Where did you get this itcl RPM from?

Good luck.

Fernando

Jerry Asher wrote:
> I installed RHDB2.1 from the iso on RHL 8.0.
> 
> I installed the itcl-3.2.1-81 rpm.
> 
> When I run rhdb-admin, nothing appears to happen.  When I go through the
> script and run it manually, it dies and complains that it can't find a
> usable itcl.tcl.
> 
> Now I happen to know that there is an itcl.tcl in:
> 
> /usr/share/itcl3.2/itcl.tcl
> 
> But I don't know the proper way to tell rhdb-admin (or any tcl program)
> that information.  Recommendations?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jerry
> 
> [root@moe rhdb-admin]# ./rhdb-admin.tcl
> Error in startup script: Can't find a usable itcl.tcl in the following
> directories:
>     /usr/lib/itcl3.2 /usr/bin/../lib/itcl3.2 /usr/bin/../library
> /usr/bin/../../library /usr/bin/../../itcl/library
> /usr/bin/../../../itcl/library
> This probably means that Itcl/Tcl weren't installed properly.
> If you know where the Itcl library directory was installed,
> you can set the environment variable ITCL_LIBRARY to point
> to the library directory.
> 
>     while executing
> "error $msg"
>     (procedure "_find_init" line 43)
>     invoked from within
> "_find_init"
>     (in namespace eval "::itcl" script line 46)
>     invoked from within
> "namespace eval ::itcl {
>     proc _find_init {} {
>         global env tcl_library
>         variable library
>         variable version
>         rename _find..."
>     invoked from within
> "load /usr/lib/itcl3.2/../libitcl3.2.so Itcl"
>     ("package ifneeded" script)
>     invoked from within
> "package require Itcl"
>     (file "./rhdb-admin.tcl" line 30)
> [root@moe rhdb-admin]#
> 
> 


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