in reply to TK on OSX 10.3 panther

What's the error message that you get? That's the best way to tell what's going on. :)

Did you check the README.darwin file in the Perl/Tk distribution?

Ensure that you have the X11 stuff installed. You will need your X server running for the tests to do their magic. Ensure that you set the DISPLAY environment variable.

If you are still having problems, plug the error message into Google and you're likely to find someone else who had the same problem. :)

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Re^2: TK on OSX 10.3 panther
by ecuguru (Monk) on Apr 23, 2005 at 09:43 UTC
    Hi
    Wanted to update this with what worked for me.

    First, got orobor working, simple but required a reinstall for me after a 10.3.x update. Apple X11 might work too, but my knowledge is so lacking I won't speculate.

    Then I downloaded the X11 SDK. It is also on the Xtools cd, but you have to make sure you install it.

    Then console
    sudo cpan
    look Tk
    perl Makefile.Pl -t
    make install

    Run test Tk script.

    If you get an error about:
        Using -L/usr/X11R6/lib to find /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.dylib
    Cannot find X include files via /usr/X11R6/include
    Cannot find X include files anywhere at ./myConfig line 332.
    Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 32.
    BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 34.

    [download]
    Then you need to reread and install the X11 SDK, not just X11.
    This is working for me in OSX 10.3.9. It also required developer tools and possibly some other things I didn't think to list here because I installed them a year ago, but this is what I can vouch for so far.
    Thanks for the help,
    Tim
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