[BioC] Tktable 2.9 makefile problem

[Martin Morgan]

On 04/01/2012 12:52 PM, Eric P wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am sorry to bother everybody but I have been trying to solve this
> problem to long with no success, it is probably something really
> simple but I simply cannot find the answer.
>
> I have a question on how to get bioconductor running properly on

for what it's worth, you are having difficulties with a contributed 
package, not with Bioconductor per se.

> Ubuntu 11.10 as I have tried everything it seems like and I keep on
> getting this message. But before I go farther can you please email and
> say that you will help me with this because nobody seems to want to
> help or know how to.
>
> "Cannot find Tcl/Tk package "Tktable". affylmGUI cannot conitnue...."
>
> I have installed BWidget like it tells me to.
>
> I have tried to install Tktable 2.9 but cannot. When I try to do so I
> cannot run the make file properly. Then I have ran ./configure>
> output and gotten /Tktable2.9$ ./configure>  output
>> configure: WARNING: "Cannot find Tcl configuration definitions"

Before going down the 'install Tktable from source' route, I'd check 
with my package manager whether there was a tktable package available; 
it seems like there would be 
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=tktable

If that were to fail, then I might download the 2.10 version from 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tktable/files/tktable/; 2.10 was 
apparently released in 2008 so doesn't seem too cutting-dedge.

I see this

Tktable2.10> ./configure
checking for correct TEA configuration... ok (TEA 3.7)
checking for Tcl configuration... configure: error: Can't find Tcl 
configuration definitions

Since I have tcl/tk installed (right)? I went looking for tclConfig.sh 
(because in the README it says that it will use tkConfig.sh, and I'm 
guessing that it is also using something called tclConfig.sh)

Tktable2.10> locate tclConfig.sh
/usr/lib64/itclConfig.sh
/usr/lib64/tclConfig.sh

and take a peak at

Tktable2.10> ./configure --help

so guess at

Tktable2.10> ./configure --with-tcl=/usr/lib64
checking for correct TEA configuration... ok (TEA 3.7)
checking for Tcl configuration... found /usr/lib64/tclConfig.sh
checking for existence of /usr/lib64/tclConfig.sh... loading
checking for Tk configuration... configure: error: Can't find Tk 
configuration definitions

which is a little progress, so repeating but for tkConfig.sh

Tktable2.10> ./configure --with-tcl=/usr/lib64 --with-tk=/usr/lib64
...
config.status: creating Makefile

and then

Tktable2.10> make

seems to work. I would go on to say make install, but would want to make 
sure that I did not need to change, at the ./configure stage, --prefix 
or --eprefix for my system.

Martin

>
> And at this point I have really no idea what to do...So please some
> one help me....
>
> Below is what happening when I try to install Tktable 2.9
>
> I might be a bit absentminded because I am a PhD student and am quite
> busy but I hope I can answer back as soon as someone gets in touch
> with me.
>
> Cheers,
> Eric
>
> tar zxf Tktable2.9.tar.gz
>>> cd Tktable2.9
>>> ./configure
>>> make
>>> sudo make install
>>>
>>> But when I run the command it says there is no make file.
>>>
>>> The directory looks like this
>>>
>>> aclocal.m4  configure.in  library      README.blt  TODO.txt
>>> ChangeLog   demos         license.txt  README.txt  unix
>>> config.log  doc           mac          tclconfig   UPGRADING.txt
>>> configure   generic       Makefile.in  tests       win
>>>
>>>
>>> and this is what happens when I run the make command
>>>
>>>
>>> :~/Downloads/Tktable2.9$ make
>>> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
>>>
>>>
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