Packages in 8.5

[Robert Lipman]

Hi,

I have several apps that I build with Tcl Dev Kit (4.0) and Tcl 8.4.19
and some packages that are not part of the normal ActiveTcl
distribution.

I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to Tcl 8.5.7 and now have
some problems building my apps with Tcl Dev Kit. It cannot find some
of the packages that are were included with 8.4. Where are they in
8.5?

For some of the packages that were not part of the 8.4 distribution, I
put them in Tcl/lib to access them without any problems. Where do I
put them in 8.5?

I did a clean install of 8.5 by deleting 8.4. I'm getting the feeling
that I should have used the option to merge the two. Then it seems
like I'd have access to the older packages. Does that make sense?

Thanks,

Bob

PS - I'm not a computer scientist or sys admin. I find having to deal
with where to install packages, generating tap files, teapots,
repositories, etc. a bit mystifying. I just packages for dummies.

[Jeff Hobbs]

On Aug 18, 3:37 pm, Robert Lipman <robert.lip...@nist.gov> wrote:
> I have several apps that I build with Tcl Dev Kit (4.0) and Tcl 8.4.19
> and some packages that are not part of the normal ActiveTcl
> distribution.
>
> I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to Tcl 8.5.7 and now have
> some problems building my apps with Tcl Dev Kit.  It cannot find some
> of the packages that are were included with 8.4.  Where are they in
> 8.5?

You want to upgrade to TDK 5, which will download the packages you
need via the teacup/teapot, if they aren't on your system. This
feature was designed to help bridge the gap for the variance in
packages delivered in AT 8.4 vs. AT 8.5.

> For some of the packages that were not part of the 8.4 distribution, I
> put them in Tcl/lib to access them without any problems.  Where do I
> put them in 8.5?

You can add all the 8.4 packages and much more with [teacup] that
comes with ActiveTcl. See the docs or http://wiki.tcl.tk/teacup for
more.

Jeff