It's useful to be able to make a checkout of the current Tcl sources with their
“standard batteries” included. Here's how to do that.


** See Also **

   [TIP] [http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/386%|%386]:   



** Clone the Repositories **

in your home directory…
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fossil clone http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/ tcl.fossil
fossil clone http://core.tcl.tk/itcl/ itcl.fossil
fossil clone http://core.tcl.tk/tclconfig/ tclconfig.fossil
fossil clone http://core.tcl.tk/thread/ thread.fossil
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or with user name and password:

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% fossil clone https://username:passwd@core.tcl.tk/tcl tcl.fossil
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** Construct the Checkout **

Instructions for Unix (assuming you develop in `~/tcl`)

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mkdir ~/tcl
cd ~/tcl
fossil open ~/tcl.fossil trunk
mv _FOSSIL_ .fos
cd pkgs
mkdir itcl
mkdir thread
cd itcl
fossil open --nested ~/itcl.fossil trunk
mv _FOSSIL_ .fos
mkdir tclconfig
cd tclconfig
fossil open --nested ~/tclconfig.fossil trunk
mv _FOSSIL_ .fos
cd ../../thread
fossil open --nested ~/thread.fossil trunk
mv _FOSSIL_ .fos
mkdir tclconfig
cd tclconfig
fossil open --nested ~/tclconfig.fossil trunk
mv _FOSSIL_ .fos
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** Build the Checkout **

Assuming you want your build in `/tmp/tcl8.6`; adjust to taste…

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cd ~/tcl/unix
`pwd`/configure --prefix=/tmp/tcl8.6
make
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Then run the tests...

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make test
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And install so you can try running real code

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make install
/tmp/tcl8.6/bin/tclsh8.6
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** Change password on core.tcl.tk **

[HaO],[AK] 2012-12-12 18:05:59: When you are logged in the 'Log out' link will
move you to a page where you can not only logout, or re-login, but also change
your password.


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