Re: How to upgrade to 8.5?
- From: Jeff Hobbs <jeff.hobbs@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:48:48 -0700 (PDT)
On Aug 21, 2:50 pm, Gerhard Reithofer <gerhard.reitho...@tech-
edv.co.at> wrote:
thank you very much for all your answers - I will 8.5 give a try and I
will ask some details later, but now for my current problem:
I've downloaded and installed ActiveTcl-8.5.
Now I'm suprised as I expected the whole bunch but I only found a "basic
system".
Please define "basic system". While it isn't as rich (fat, bloated)
as the 8.4 ActiveTcl package set, AT 8.5.3+ comes with an essential
set of modules.
I've studied the teacup a little bit and I find the idea very good for
end users and single machines, but ...
.. my application will be installed on hundreds of workstation and it is
not possible to install it machine by machine.
This is generally not a situation where you would recommend any multi-
file distribution. Indeed, it is a perfect example of where a
deployment tool like TDK's TclApp is appropriate (see
http://www.activestate.com/Products/tcl_dev_kit/). That allows you to
wrap up Tcl + all the necessary components into a single file
executable.
I would need all necessary packages for all platforms in one image (i.
.e in a specific directory structure with one single top level
directory) which will be installed on 1st setup or it may be deployed by
a software deployment system (not preferred).
Much better is all in a single file, without other dependencies. See
above.
Some questions:
# Is it possible to get 8.5 in the "old way", i.e. all extensions in one
package for the planned platforms (similar to older versions)?
The reason for that is that I have to provide a single installation
package for all requested platforms.
Yes, see http://wiki.tcl.tk/teacup for more, but the answer to the
question is not the answer to your problem. If you really desire a
customized distribution, then you can get that from ActiveState as
well.
# Do all platforms (or at least AIX, Sun SPARC, linux and Windows)
include the same (binary?) packages?
E.g. if I want to use treectrl, can I be sure to have in on all
platforms available?
treectrl comes with AT 8.5, and the packages are the same in a
particular ActiveTcl release level across packages (modulo platform-
specific packages).
Jeff
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