Re: [ns] configure failed

[Xuan Chen <xuanc@ISI.EDU>]

I would suggest you to download the ns-2.1b8 allinone and reinstall tcl/tk
from it.

good luck,
-chen xuan

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Wayne W. Szeto wrote:

> Sorry it was a typo.  I did put down "--with-tcl".  And as mentioned at
> the end of my message, I got the same type of error with tk as well.  Any
> ideas what was wrong?  The tcl and tk 8.3 were installed when I was using
> an older version (ns-2.1b6 I believe) and it was downloaded as an allinone
> package.
>
>
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Xuan Chen wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Wayne W. Szeto wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > > I think this should be a simple problem but I couldn't figure it out.  I
> > > have downloaded ns-2.1b8 and ./configure failed (see below) on the line
> > > where it checks for tclsh8.3, even after I explicitly specify the path of
> > > tclsh8.3 by doing:
> > > "./configure --with-tk=/fsys/.software/arch@SunOS560-server/tcl-8.3ece"
> >    ./configure --with-tcl...
> >
> > not tk...:)
> >
> > -chen xuan
> >
> > >
> > > I have tried specifying the tcl version by doing
> > > "./configure --with-tcl-ver=8.3" but the same error occured.
> > >
> > > The same "type" of error also occur when checking tk -- it said it
> > > couldn't find the file tk.tcl but I have also specified its location (and
> > > it does exist at the specified location).  What could be wrong??
> > >
> > > P.S. I believe someone else had this problem before on an earlier version,
> > > but I couldn't find the reply/solution for it on the  mailing list
> > > archive.
> > >
> > > ======
> > > checking for tcl.h... -I/usr/include
> > > checking for libtcl8.3... -R/usr/lib -L/usr/lib -ltcl8.3
> > > checking for init.tcl... no
> > > checking for tclsh8.3.2... no
> > > checking for tclsh8.3... /.software/local/.admin/bins/bin/tclsh8.3
> > > configure: error: Installation of tcl seems incomplete or can't be found
> > > automatically.
> > > Please correct the problem by telling configure where tcl is
> > > using the argument --with-tcl=/path/to/package
> > > ======
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Xuan Chen
> > USC/ISI
> >
> >
>

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