%general-entities; ]> Tcl-&tcl-version; Tcl <para>The Tcl package contains the Tool Command Language.</para> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Tcl This package and the next two (Expect and DejaGNU) are installed to support running the test suites for GCC and Binutils. Installing three packages for testing purposes may seem excessive, but it is very reassuring, if not essential, to know that the most important tools are working properly. Prepare Tcl for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/tools Build the package: make Install the package: make install Tcl's private header files are needed for the next package, Expect. Install them into /tools: make install-private-headers Now make a necessary symbolic link: ln -sv tclsh8.4 /tools/bin/tclsh Contents of Tcl Installed programs Installed library tclsh (link to tclsh8.4) and tclsh8.4 libtcl8.4.so Short Descriptions tclsh8.4 The Tcl command shell tclsh8.4 tclsh A link to tclsh8.4 tclsh libtcl8.4.so The Tcl library libtcl8.4.so