blt not building

[schimaf@…]

I'm trying to build blt but I'm getting an error. Here's the output:

sh-3.2# port install blt
--->  Fetching blt
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for blt
--->  Extracting blt
--->  Applying patches to blt
--->  Configuring blt
--->  Building blt with target all
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_x11_blt/work/BLT2.4z" && make all " returned error 2
Command output: (cd src; make all)
/usr/bin/gcc-4.0 -c -Wall -O3 -fno-common   -I. -I.  -I/opt/local/include -I/usr/X11/include bltAlloc.c
In file included from bltInt.h:80,
                 from bltAlloc.c:1:
bltNsUtil.h:50: error: conflicting types for 'Tcl_FindCommand'
/opt/local/include/tclDecls.h:3125: error: previous declaration of 'Tcl_FindCommand' was here
bltNsUtil.h:67: error: conflicting types for 'Tcl_CreateNamespace'
/opt/local/include/tclDecls.h:3070: error: previous declaration of 'Tcl_CreateNamespace' was here
bltNsUtil.h:72: error: conflicting types for 'Tcl_FindNamespace'
/opt/local/include/tclDecls.h:3118: error: previous declaration of 'Tcl_FindNamespace' was here
bltNsUtil.h:75: error: conflicting types for 'Tcl_Export'
/opt/local/include/tclDecls.h:3088: error: previous declaration of 'Tcl_Export' was here
make[1]: *** [bltAlloc.o] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

Running Xcode 3.0 on Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Intel) MacPro 8 core.

[markd@…]

Looks like BLT is not ready for Tk 8.5 yet. I hope someone patches it soon.

​http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/6e5f6db6afada238

[markd@…]

I wonder if this fixes it: ​http://reddog.s35.xrea.com/wiki/A%20Stub-enabled%20BLT2.4z%20for%20Windows.html

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

For the record, my current workaround is that I use a modified version of the tk and tcl ports that install version 8.4.19 of both.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Here's a promising ​version to try.

[lapcchan@…]

any update? or how do i install old version of tk/tcl on macport? i tried to compile customized version of tcl/tk. however, that will be a lots of work since i am using python, py-tkinter and etc on macports

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

tcl 8.4.19 portfile

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

tk 8.4.19 portfile

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Replying to lapcchan@…:

any update? or how do i install old version of tk/tcl on macport? i tried to compile customized version of tcl/tk. however, that will be a lots of work since i am using python, py-tkinter and etc on macports

I have modified my local portfiles for tcl and tk and created a py25-tkinter84. They are attached to this ticket. Ideally there should be tcl84 and tk84 ports but macports lacks a few features to implement this properly. See #16336. Also a tcltk_select port should be created but I don't know how to do that.

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Milestone Port Bugs deleted

[bobchew@…]

BLT builds using the tcl/tk 8.4 portfiles, but py25-tkinter84 throws an error about not being able to find setup.py. Any ideas?

Doing this on Mac OS X 10.5.6, XCode 3.1 (non-iPhone).

[bobchew@…]

Strange! There's even more errors when it comes to tcl/tk 8.4: It keeps throwing the error that tk wasn't installed properly. This happens whenever tk is invoked, whether via BLT or even by running wish.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Updated py25-tkinter portfile

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Updated blt Portfile for tcl/tk 8.4

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Replying to bobchew@…:

Strange! There's even more errors when it comes to tcl/tk 8.4: It keeps throwing the error that tk wasn't installed properly. This happens whenever tk is invoked, whether via BLT or even by running wish.

My solution was to install xorg-server. Then try using my updated portfile for py25-tkinter and a new one for blt that omits the dependency on xorg-libs.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Replying to macsforever2000@…:

Replying to bobchew@…:

Strange! There's even more errors when it comes to tcl/tk 8.4: It keeps throwing the error that tk wasn't installed properly. This happens whenever tk is invoked, whether via BLT or even by running wish.

My solution was to install xorg-server. Then try using my updated portfile for py25-tkinter and a new one for blt that omits the dependency on xorg-libs.

You mean runtime tk errors? Yes, this needs to be fixed with a few patch files. I will eventually integrate these into the tk84 portfile, but until then, I'm attaching 2 files (listbox.tcl and text.tcl) to replace in "/opt/local/lib/tk8.4/".

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Here's my ​bug report on the issue on the blt sourceforge page.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

The py25-tkinter84 port is no longer required as of r51955, please ignore it.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Superseded by #22536.