Installation of Tcl
This package and the next two are only installed to be able to run the
test suites for GCC and Binutils. Installing three packages just for testing
purposes may seem like overkill, but it is very reassuring, if not essential,
to know that our most important tools are working properly.
Prepare Tcl to be compiled:
cd unix
./configure --prefix=/tools
Build the package:
make
This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the
following command will do so:
TZ=UTC make test
Sometimes, package test suites will give false failures. You can
consult the LFS Wiki at
to verify that these failures are normal. This applies to all tests
throughout the book.
Install the package:
make install
Make a link:
ln -s tclsh8.4 /tools/bin/tclsh
Do not remove the
tcl&tcl-version; source directory yet, as the next package
will need its internal headers.