"Dqkit is like [tclkit] on steroids.  It includes [tcl], [tk],
[metakit], [vfs], [zlib], [tclx], [itcl], [itk], [iwidgets], [blt],
[tbcload], tcl[sqlite] and [openssl]+[tls]", according to
fan [Bob Techentin].  It also includes [thread]ing.
Created by [Wojciech Kocjan].


 What: dqkit
 Where: http://sf.net/projects/nstclhttpd
        http://www.sf.net/projects/dqsoftware
 Description: A single file executable which implements a
        tcl interpreter and various extensions.  Based on
        tclkit concept, but includes more extensions,
        at the cost of a larger runtime size.
        Currently at version 0.0 .
 Updated: 09/2004
 Contact: See web site


Q: are the sources for dqkit available?
A: ''I see them. Look for dqkit-sources-* in the file list [PAK]''
        (on the sf.net web sites).

Q: was blt compiled with [stubs] for this kit?
A: ''No.  BLT is built in to the underlying wish [PAK]''
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[JMN] 2004-09-30 
I tried building a minimal dqkit on Windows (with & without MinGW) and on FreeBSD but both failed with unenlightening error messages. 

tclsh gen/buildkit build -tcl -tk -thread 

e.g on windows NT:

 [ 3/11] tcl
     sh autoconf
 child process exited abnormally
     while executing
 "exec >@file124b340 2>@file124b340 sh autocon
 ...
     (file "gen/buildkit" line 1055)


On FreeBSD it got a little further... died at step 10/11 when trying to link.

Building software is always such a lottery... I don't hold much hope of the situation ever evolving much from the dogs-breakfast it it is today.

I guess [Batteries Included] tclkits are an acknowledgement of the sheer complexity of the task of ongoing provision of buildable sources across multiple platforms..  but for now, I usually have to build from source to use the packages I want on my chosen primary platforms of Windows & FreeBSD. The problem is that as in the case above, there are so many ways for things to go wrong and often very litle chance for a non-c programmer such as myself to diagnose & fix the errors. 

Unfortunately binary packages for FreeBSD are rare; particularly if you're trying to create a multi-platform tclkit with package versions in sync. When you do find binaries, they may not have been built with the options you require - such as the unfortunate 2nd-class citizenship that threaded builds still seems to have in the Tcl world.

If anyone has some links to downloadable binaries of reasonably recent threaded tlkits for Windows & FreeBSD it'd be much appreciated. (even an un-threaded post tcl8.4.4 tclkit where Tk isn't broken on FreeBSD 5.x would be nice) 

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See also [Batteries Included], functionality which dqkit provides.
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