Tcl/Tk 8.2 Extension Compatibility Matrix

Now that Tcl/Tk 8.2.0 final has been released, we need to make sure that all the compiled extensions will build and operate without a hitch. The bad news is that there are usually some hitches. The good news is that the Tcl community attacks and solves these sorts of problems quickly and with good cheer.

This page is a scratch-pad matrix of compiled Tcl/Tk extensions and the operating systems that compiled them. Well, it's not really a matrix, but a quick look will tell you which extensions have been tested on your favorite platforms. Feel free to fill out entries as you test them. Report problems to the authors or on comp.lang.tcl. -- RWT

Tcl/Tk 8.2.0

• Windows 9x/NT4 -- Scriptics?
• Solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7 -- Scriptics?, LV (2.6)
• HP-UX 10.20 -- Scriptics?
• Linux (Intel, Red Hat 5.0+, SuSE 6.0+) -- Scriptics?
• SGI IRIX 6.3+ -- Scriptics?
• IBM AIX 4.3.3 -- Tcl compiles fine, Tk needs hacking to configure, Makefile.in and even the generated Makefile. -- DRM

incr tcl 3.1.0

Matt Newman is checking in some minor updates [L1 ]

• Windows 9x/NT4
• Solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7 -- LV (2.6)
• HP-UX 10.20
• Linux (Intel, Red Hat 5.0+, SuSE 6.0+)
• SGI IRIX 6.3+

LV got itcl to build after messing around with makefiles, configure files, etc. on Solaris 2.6. Be careful if you build with the --prefix AND the --exec-prefix, as there is a bug in the way the pkgIndex.tcl files are created.

expect 5.31

• Windows 9x/NT4
• Solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7 (LV 2.6)
• HP-UX 10.20
• Linux (Intel, Red Hat 5.0+, SuSE 6.0+)
• SGI IRIX 6.3+

tclx 8.1.0

• Windows 9x/NT4
• Solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7 (LV 2.6)
• HP-UX 10.20
• Linux (Intel, Red Hat 5.0+, SuSE 6.0+)
• SGI IRIX 6.3+

LV hasn't gotten it to run as expected.

TkTable

Jeff Hobbs says that this compiles out of the box. [L2 ]

• Windows 9x/NT4
• Solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7
• HP-UX 10.20
• Linux (Intel, Red Hat 5.0+, SuSE 6.0+)
• SGI IRIX 6.3+

Trf 1.8, Trfcrypt 1.2, Giot 1.0 and Memchan 2.0

Andreas Kupries says that these compile OK, but the bzip compressor has a problem. [L3 ]

• Windows 9x/NT4
• Solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7
• HP-UX 10.20
• Linux (Intel, Red Hat 5.0+, SuSE 6.0+)
• SGI IRIX 6.3+

TkHTML

Hume Smith says that this works under 8.2.0 [L4 ]

• Windows 9x/NT4
• Solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7
• HP-UX 10.20
• Linux (Intel, Red Hat 5.0+, SuSE 6.0+)
• SGI IRIX 6.3+

LV has been unable to get tkhtml to even configure on SPARC Solaris 2.6.

Snack

• Windows 9x/NT4 -- Kare Sjolander says OK
• Solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7
• HP-UX 10.20 -- Kare Sjolander says OK
• Linux (Intel, Red Hat 5.0+, SuSE 6.0+) -- Kare Sjolander says OK
• SGI IRIX 6.3+

BLT

• Windows 9x/NT4
• Solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7 (LV 2.6)
• HP-UX 10.20
• Linux (Intel, Red Hat 5.0+, SuSE 6.0+)
• SGI IRIX 6.3+

Tix

• Windows 9x/NT4
• Solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7 (LV 2.6)
• HP-UX 10.20
• Linux (Intel, Red Hat 5.0+, SuSE 6.0+)
• SGI IRIX 6.3+

Mk4tcl

• Windows 9x/NT4 [L5 ]
• Unix/Mac: not built/tested beyond 8.0.5 yet