The file '' given to option --with-tclinc is not valid

[bkulaga]

I have been trying to set up eggdrop for 5 hours.
I can't get the eggdrop to locate the tcl scripts. I type in ./configure --with-tcllib='/home/bartosz/tcl8.4.6/unix/libtcl8.4.so' --with-tclin='/home/bartosz/tcl8.4.6/generic/tcl.h'

and it alwyas says the file'' give to option --with-tclin is not valid
how can i change that?

[YooHoo]

well, either your system doesn't have tcl installed, or you are pointing it in the wrong direction. Out of curiosity, why do you need to compile this way? Why can't you simply change directory to the eggdrop and ./configure?

[bkulaga]

well, ok so i installed the tcl 8.4.6 and i did what they told me to do under unix

what do you mean directory?
should i move the eggdrop to tcl? or tcl to eggdrop?...
help me out : )

[YooHoo]

Well, you could always just follow the directions here at Setting Up Your Eggdrop, to make things simple

[rosc2112]

the --with options only want a path, not a filename.. so.. --with-tcllib=/home/bartosz/tcl8.4.6/unix --with-tclin='/home/bartosz/tcl8.4.6

If you actually installed libtcl in /home/bartosz/tcl8.4.6, you'll need to add /home/bartosz/tcl8.4.6/lib to your /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig as well, or you'll get errors about libtcl missing when you try to run eggdrop.. Most people install tcl in the standard directories, like /usr or /usr/local (in other words, just do ./configure;make;make install to install tcl)

[bkulaga]

well the problem is my linux distribution
ubuntu is a pice of crap
it had no gcc and the tcl script had to be installed through root
after i did install the tcl.... my internet went away for some reason... : (
very sad

[YooHoo]

o-k....so did you get this straightened out, or are you still lost like lil bo sheep?

[Alchera]

well the problem is my linux distribution
ubuntu is a pice of crap
it had no gcc and the tcl script had to be installed through root
after i did install the tcl.... my internet went away for some reason... : (
very sad

Nothing to do with Ubuntu and all to do with some one that didn't do any research into eggdrop and its dependencies etc.

Not even Gentoo has gcc installed, let alone Tcl!

I had eggdrop up and running within 10 minutes on Gentoo, Ubuntu & Kubuntu.

Tcl/tk is installed as root (along with gcc) as a matter of course, usually via apt-get but aptitude can also be used.

I fail to see how "installing a tcl script through root" would do anything as eggdrop will not run in root anyway.

[rosc2112]

Well, see, that's why I use slackware and compile everything by hand

Then there's no one to blame if it doesn't work but me (or occassionally, the rare bug in the source code itself, which I can usually sort out with a bit of research, googling and pestering the developer

[bkulaga]

Ah, well you were right
I got this to work.. but then a new problem accoured