OT: how to run the script perl/tk program in windows system

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Re: OT: how to run the script perl/tk program in windows system by fauria (Deacon) on Feb 03, 2005 at 20:54 UTC
In order to run a Tk gui in windows, youll first need to install a Tk distribution for Win32. Searching google (it is a good idea to google prior to question), ive found TCL/Tk on Windows FAQ. Install it, and take a look at ported Perl distributions, as well as modules needed. ActiveState may have this things already prepared, but i dont really know it (i dont use windows). The other question: AFS, as a network distributed file system, can be mounted from anyware, under windows youll need (googled again) AFS for Win.	[reply]
Re^2: OT: how to run the script perl/tk program in windows system by bibliophile (Prior) on Feb 04, 2005 at 00:19 UTC
I believe that the default ActiveState install includes the base Tk stuff... but you might have to add some of the other interesting widgets yourself.	[reply]
Re: OT: how to run the script perl/tk program in windows system by DaWolf (Curate) on Feb 03, 2005 at 18:57 UTC
If I've understood correctly there are two questions here. The first is that you have a program that resides on a Unix machine and you would like to run it from a Windows workstation. I'd recommend to use a software like VMWare. The only caveat is that if I'm not mistaken VMWare is a commercial (paid) software. A free one is VNC, but I don't know if you can run a server on a system and a client on another (probably not). The second is about "mounting" a Unix filesystem on a Windows machine. I really encourage you to follow Grygonos's advice. Samba is a really great software and once is installed it runs smoothly. Hope it helps. Best regards, Er Galvão Abbott www.galvao.eti.br Porto Alegre Perl Mongers	[reply]
Re^2: OT: how to run the script perl/tk program in windows system by castaway (Parson) on Feb 04, 2005 at 09:45 UTC
VNC and VMWare are two different things. VMWare emulates an i386 type system, enabling you to 'install' a Windows inside a linux box, or vice versa. VNC is just a means of remote connection to an existing, running machine. (And thus is most useful as client on one machine, server on another.) Caveat: They may have added functionality since I last looked, but if that includes emulation, I'd be surprised. C.	[reply]
Re^3: OT: how to run the script perl/tk program in windows system by DaWolf (Curate) on Feb 04, 2005 at 18:46 UTC
True, castaway. I've made a little mess in my reply. I intended to recommend VMWare so he could install a windows inside his linux box and run it from there. Thanks for pointing it out :) Regards, Er Galvão Abbott www.galvao.eti.br Porto Alegre Perl Mongers	[reply]
Re: OT: how to run the script perl/tk program in windows system by Grygonos (Chaplain) on Feb 03, 2005 at 17:38 UTC
You could setup a samba share on the *nix box (don't know what flavors support samba)Samba's website Grygonos	[reply]
Re: OT: how to run the script perl/tk program in windows system by zentara (Cardinal) on Feb 04, 2005 at 13:31 UTC
Just "shooting from the hip" here, because I never have actually done it, from windows to unix. On linux to linux, you can ssh( or telnet) into the other machine, export the display(after setting the Xauthority), then run a Tk app remotely. I havn't tried it in a long time. Going from windows though, you may need an X emulator running on the windows machine, and use "putty" to log in to the unix machine. SSH will usually handle the "export display" automatically, if configured right. I don't know how putty would handle that. Just ideas for you to consider. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]