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# Tcl 8.6.13
# ==========
# Slackware 14.0: tcl 8.5.11
# Slackware 14.1: tcl 8.6.1
# Slackware 14.2: tcl 8.6.5
# Slackware 15.0: tcl 8.6.12

# Tcl/Tk 8.6 release notes

# Get the source
cd
test -f installed/tcl8.6.13-src.tar.gz && mv installed/tcl8.6.13-src.tar.gz .
test ! -f tcl8.6.13-src.tar.gz &&
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/tcl8.6.13-src.tar.gz

# Extract the source
mkdir -p -m 0700 ~/src
cd ~/src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "tcl?.*.*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xzvf ~/tcl8.6.13-src.tar.gz
cd tcl8.6.13
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .

# Read these:
# README.md
# unix/README

# Do everything in the unix sub-directory
cd unix

# If you want to build a multi-threaded tcl, add --enable-threads to the
# configure lines below

# If you would like man pages compressed, see --enable-man-compression=PROG

# Configure the build for 64-bit
test $(uname -m) = 'x86_64' &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --mandir=/usr/man \
--enable-man-symlinks --enable-64bit

# Configure the build for anything else
test $(uname -m) != 'x86_64' &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/man --enable-man-symlinks

# Build it
make

# Test the build
make test

# Become root to install it
su

# Remove the Slackware package, if there is one
test -x /sbin/removepkg && /sbin/removepkg tcl

# Install it
make install

# Create symlinks
( cd /usr/bin
  rm -f tclsh
  ln -s tclsh8.6  tclsh )
( cd /usr/lib
  rm -f libtcl.so
  test -f libtcl8.6.so && ln -s libtcl8.6.so libtcl.so )
test -d /usr/lib64 &&
( cd /usr/lib64
   rm -f libtcl.so
   test -f libtcl8.6.so && ln -s libtcl8.6.so libtcl.so )

# Update /etc/ld.so.cache
ldconfig

# Become yourself again
exit

# Save the source for later
cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/tcl?.*-src.tar.*
mv tcl8.6.13-src.tar.gz installed/

# If you ever want to uninstall Tcl, this should do it:
cd ~/src/tcl*.*.*
su
VER=`grep TCL_VERSION /usr/lib*/tclConfig.sh | awk -F"'" '{ print $2 }'`
test -d /usr/lib/tcl${VER} && rm -r /usr/lib/tcl${VER}/
rm -f /usr/bin/tclsh${VER} /usr/lib64/libtcl${VER}.so \
/usr/lib64/libtclstub${VER}.a /usr/lib64/tclConfig.sh \
/usr/lib64/tclooConfig.sh /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/tcl.pc
for file in doc/*.n; do rm -f /usr/man/mann/$(basename "$file"); done
unset VER
ldconfig
exit
find ~/src -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "tcl?.*.*" -exec rm -r {} \;
rm -f ~/installed/tcl?.*-src.tar.*