Using a TEA package
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From: jh on 17 Sep 2009 14:26 I am a small time Tcl/Tk user and I have downloaded tcl_SNMP_Tools from http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl-snmptools/. The README file says to build under Windows use the MSys + MinGW build process. I have installed MinGW and MSys but I am not familiar with this build process or how to apply it the extracted TEA package. I have found some documentation (Welch, et al) on constructing TEA packages but little for dumb newbies on how use one. With the MSys + MinGW build process thrown in I feel like I have two simultaneous equations with 2+ unknowns. Any pointers would be most appreciated. Grasping at straws, jh
From: Jeff Hobbs on 17 Sep 2009 19:06 On Sep 17, 11:26 am, jh <jvh75...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am a small time Tcl/Tk user and I have downloaded tcl_SNMP_Tools > fromhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl-snmptools/. The README file > says to build under Windows use the MSys + MinGW build process. I have > installed MinGW and MSys but I am not familiar with this build process > or how to apply it the extracted TEA package. I have found some > documentation (Welch, et al) on constructing TEA packages but little > for dumb newbies on how use one. With the MSys + MinGW build process > thrown in I feel like I have two simultaneous equations with 2+ > unknowns. There should be no "build process" for msys+mingw, those are merely binaries that provide you a free full build/compile environment on Windows. Note that Microsoft also provides a free compiler chain nowadays as well (Visual Studio Express), but you would still need msys for 'sh' (bash). After having the compiler environment installed, you ensure that it is on the path and then use TEA with the documented '/path/to/configure -- options ...'; 'make' process. Jeff
From: Larry W. Virden on 18 Sep 2009 05:06 On Sep 17, 2:26 pm, jh <jvh75...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I have found some > documentation (Welch, et al) on constructing TEA packages but little > for dumb newbies on how use one. With the MSys + MinGW build process > thrown in I feel like I have two simultaneous equations with 2+ > unknowns. The steps are, basically, 1. Install MSys and MinGW build commands. 2. Read README and INSTALL type files to understand what needs to happen 3. Run the package's configure command to create a Makefile. 4. Run "make all" to create libraries and executables. 5. Run "make test" to run test suite (if package has one). 6. Run "make install" to install code.
From: jh on 18 Sep 2009 08:42 On Sep 18, 5:06 am, "Larry W. Virden" <lvir...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 17, 2:26 pm, jh <jvh75...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have found some > > documentation (Welch, et al) on constructing TEA packages but little > > for dumb newbies on how use one. With the MSys + MinGW build process > > thrown in I feel like I have two simultaneous equations with 2+ > > unknowns. > > The steps are, basically, > 1. Install MSys and MinGW build commands. > 2. Read README and INSTALL type files to understand what needs to > happen > 3. Run the package's configure command to create a Makefile. Package has no configure script but does have configure.in. Do I need to install and run autoconf. I hope not, its documentation says it requires m4 and perl, which will require ..., which will require.... Also within the package's tclconfig directory there is a file named install-sh. Is this found and used by "make install"? The top level extracted directory, tcl_snmp_tools, only contained 1 directory: tcl-snmptool-1.0. I put this in C:/tcl/bin. Would that be the correct location? thanks again,. jh
From: Larry W. Virden on 18 Sep 2009 14:44
On Sep 18, 8:42 am, jh <jvh75...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Package has no configure script but does have configure.in. Do I need > to install and run autoconf. I hope not, its documentation says it > requires m4 and perl, which will require ..., which will require.... Yes, if you can't find a release of the software, with the configure already generated, then you have to go down the rabbit hole of finding all the pieces. > > Also within the package's tclconfig directory there is a file named > install-sh. Is this found and used by "make install"? Well, it is found and used by make install on Linux and similar operating systems. I've not built code and installed it on Windows yet, so someone else will have to answer that question. > > The top level extracted directory, tcl_snmp_tools, only contained 1 > directory: tcl-snmptool-1.0. I put this in C:/tcl/bin. Would that be > the correct location? What _I_ would do would be to have things layed out sort of like this: tcl\ sources\ tcl\ tk\ bwidget\ and so on bin\ doc\ include\ lib\ man\ share\ |