Version 3 of Tclkit and Android

Updated 2013-07-20 23:42:37 by tomk

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 [L1 ]. 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.

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

TJK - Here is a link to some more information.

Tcl, Android, tclvfs, and .apk packaging work