Thankyou everyone for your help and guidance. Problem solved.

When I renamed C:\Tcl\bin\zlib1.dll and tried perl Makefile.pl I got the same zlib1 error "The procedure entry point inflateGetHeader could not be located in the dynamic link library zlib1.dll". This clearly indicated existance of another zlib1.dll, and indeed on searching my system drive I found four. Using a perl implementation of 'which' I found two of those were indeed in the PATH, listed these in order. It was then a simple job to re-order my PATH (the ordering was pretty random anyway), following which I was able to build Tcl succesfully.

All pretty simple in hindsight - but I might not have got there without the expert guidance. Thanks Again.

In reply to Re^10: Tcl for Strawberry Perl on Windows 64bit by DaveARoberts
in thread Tcl for Strawberry Perl on Windows 64bit by DaveARoberts

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