How to import open source Tcl packages into Cloverleaf

[Mike Keys]

I’ve grabbed a Tcl package from sourceforge and I want this to be available to Cloverleaf. I placed the package in $HCIROOT/tcl/lib/tcllib-1.16

We are on 6.1.2.

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[Charlie Bursell]

Mike:

Tcl searches the auto_path global list and one level deeper for packages.  Do something like:

tcl>foreach p $auto_path {echo $p}

C:/healthvision/cis5.8/integrator/tcl/lib/cloverleaf

C:/healthvision/cis5.8/integrator/tcl/lib/tfc

C:/healthvision/cis5.8/integrator/cbtest/tclprocs

C:/healthvision/cis5.8/integrator/cbtest/tclprocs

C:/healthvision/cis5.8/integrator/tclprocs

C:healthvisioncis5.8integratortcllibtcl8.4

C:/healthvision/cis5.8/integrator/tcl/lib

C:/healthvision/cis5.8/integrator/lib

C:healthvisioncis5.8integratortcllibtclx8.4

C:/healthvision/cis5.8/integrator/tcl/lib/tcllib1.11.1

And you will see your default auto_path.  So,if you package index is under tcllib-1.16 you could put the directory under $HCIROOT/tcl/lib and it will work.  That is where I have my TclLib package

A trick you can use.  If you want your own packages and not available to others you could put the TclLib directory some other place like $HOME/mike then before calling any of the packages append to auto_path like:

  lappend ::auto_path /home/mike  (remember auto_path is a global)

[Mike Keys]

Charlie,

Thanks. I grabbed the latest version of pdf4tcl and when running a message against it found that it requires Tcl version 10.0. I had to go back a version that still supported Tcl 8.4/8.5 and the package works fine.

It works fine living in the directory under  $HCIROOT/tcl/lib/tcllib-1.16

Mike

[David Barr]

TCL 10.0 doesn’t exist yet. The latest (alpha) version of TCL is 8.7.

I think you should put new packages under $HCIROOT/tcl/lib. $HCIROOT/tcl/lib/tcllib-1.16 is only intended to keep Tcllib packages (https://wiki.tcl.tk/1246). PDF4TCL is not a Tcllib package.

[Mike Keys]

David,

o.k. thanks. Done and still works fine.

Mike

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