Tk on Solaris 2.5

[Nigel Gilbert]

I'm trying to set up Swarm on a Solaris Sun (SunOS 5.5).  First, however, I
have to get Tk to work.  I know this is not a Swarm problem, but perhaps
someone can give me a quick hint.  I'm following the guidance to use
version Tk4.1 (with patch p1), although this is far from the current
version of Tk, because there are hints in the install and faq that later
versions won't do.  On executing a make, I get:
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josef# make
cc  tkAppInit.o -L/opt/work/swarm/tk4.1/unix -ltk4.1
-L/opt/work/swarm/tcl7.5/unix -ltcl7.5  -lsocket -L/usr/openwin/lib
-lX11 -ldl -lm -lc \
 -o wish
/usr/local/sparc-sun-solaris2.4/bin/ld: warning: libXext.so.0, needed
by /usr/openwin/lib/libX11.so, not found
/usr/openwin/lib/libX11.so: undefined reference to
`XSolarisIASetProcessInfo'
make: *** [wish] Error 1
================
Note that libXext.so.0 _is_ on the system and in the place I would expect
it to be:

{josef:1} locate libXext.so.0
/opt/SUNWdxlib/lib/dxlib/SunOS5.x/libXext.so.0
/usr/openwin/lib/libXext.so.0
{josef:2}




Tcl 7.5 has successfully installed.

Should I perhaps go for a later version of Tk/Tcl?  Will Swarm work on
later versions?

Thanks for your advice.

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Prof G. Nigel Gilbert, Dept of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford,
GU2 5XH, United Kingdom.  Tel: +44 (0)1483 259173 Fax: +44 (0)1483 306290