Roy Keene's tclkit generation creates files that run on Android, among many other platforms. Here is what is necessary to be able to use them.

First, get a terminal emulator app. I use the Android Terminal Emulator written by Jack Palevich [https://github.com/jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator]. I have not compared other apps, but this one does what I have needed.

I have not rooted my Android phone, so there are rather strict limits on what can be done. For instance, there are few directories where executable files can be located, and many tools do not allow introspection of those locations. `/data/tmp` works on my phone, and `/data/local/tmp` may work elsewhere.

The code to download and execute the tclkit is below. Note that the "8.6.0" part of the filename will have to be updated as the current Tcl version changes.

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cd /data/tmp

curl http://www.rkeene.org/devel/kitcreator/kitbuild/nightly/tclkit-8.6.0-android-arm-notk-xcompile > tclkit

chmod 755 tclkit

TMPDIR=~/tmp; export TMPDIR

./tclkit
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If you have a rooted phone, and you want get tcl as interpreter from terminal you can also install widely or just update it. Insted of use `/data/local/tmp` folder, you can instal in `/system/bin` folder (this is the folder on my android 2.3.3).

To accomplish that task you will need to have installed `BusyBox` and use `su` command.

To get access to `/system` folder you have to mount `/system` in reade-write mode. To do that, you have to find mounting point (`mount` command) and remount it; then coping tclkit, chmod it 555, and remount `/system` in read-only mode.

To make all these steps simplier, i make a little code. I dont cover responsibility for it. I suggest you to check it manually steps per steps if it does all stuff rigth at first running.

Place this script in the same folder of your new tclkit for android and edit firsts lines with: your system path, your bin path, new tclkit name (ex. tclkit863) and old one (ex. tclkit861).

Run `su` to gain root access, and `sh tclkit.sh` where file tclkit.sh is the name of this script, also hosted http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=hvKeJ5A0%|%here%|%.

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echo *Started

#Your /system folder, it may change
psys=/system
#Your bin folder
pbin=/system/bin
#Old tclkit version
tclold=tclkit861
#New tclkit version
tclnew=tclkit863

#mount
#/dev/block/mtdblock2 /system yaffs2 ro 0 0
ln=$(mount | grep "$psys")

#/dev/block/mtdblock2
ptin=$(echo $ln | cut -d " " -f1)

#/system
ptout=$(echo $ln | cut -d " " -f2)

#yaffs2
fs=$(echo $ln | cut -d " " -f3)

echo *Mountig_System_RW
mount -oremount,rw -t "$fs" "$ptin" "$ptout"

if [ -f "$pbin/$tclold"]; then
echo *BackingUp_Old
cp "$pbin/$tclold" "$tclold"

echo *Removing_Old
rm "$pbin/$tclold"
fi

echo *Installing_New
cp "$tclnew" "$pbin/$tclnew"

echo *chmod_555_New
chmod 555 "$pbin/$tclnew"

echo *Mountig_System_RO
mount -oremount,ro -t "$fs" "$ptin" "$ptout"

echo *Ended
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[TJK] - Here is a link to some more information.


http://kitcreator.rkeene.org/kitcreator%|%Online Keene's KitCreator%|%

http://tclkits.rkeene.org/fossil/wiki/Downloads%|%Yet done android download%|%

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.lang.tcl/u4MaTxvnnnI/QGkF8wO77moJ%|%Tcl, Android, tclvfs, and .apk packaging work%|%

http://ariesengine.com/docs/language-guides/tcl-api-reference/

http://ariesengine.com/

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[MJ] For using Android as a unixy box, you could check Terminal IDE [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spartacusrex.spartacuside&hl=en] it allows you to run executables without need to root. It also has vi and other tools installed so you can pretty much work from you Android device.

[RS] 2013-10-27 - Indeed. I have Terminal IDE on tablet and phone. Tclkits run with no trouble in its environment (sqlite can't be loaded, though). The recommended editor is vim (enhanced to a tiny IDE for Java development), vi comes with busybox, but nano is also there (which I prefer). Best feature for me at the moment is telnetd, so I can use my netbook's screen and keyboard to login to the little devices, via WiFi.

Now if we had [Tk] for Android...

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