Problem installing TK module

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Re: Problem installing TK module by VinsWorldcom (Prior) on Mar 31, 2015 at 23:33 UTC
I've had issues installing Tk on Strawberry too, but always get it to work. Currently Windows 7 x64 w/ Strawberry 5.18 64-bit: `VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom> ver Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom> perl -v This is perl 5, version 18, subversion 1 (v5.18.1) built for MSWin32-x +64-multi-thread [...] VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom> perl -MTk -e "print $Tk::VERSION" 804.031` [download] IIRC, it was a 64-bit thing. Anyway, here's the fix I use: http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=899504 http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.win32.vanilla/2010/07/msg252.html Go to the downloaded working CPAN directory of Tk `cd pTk\mTk\xlib\X11` [download] Edit the file 'X.h'. Starting at line 43: `43: #ifdef _DWIN64 44: typedef __int64 XID; 45: #else 46: typedef unsigned long XID; 47: #endif` [download] Change to: `43: #ifdef _DWIN64 44: #include <inttypes.h> 45: typedef __int64 XID; 46: #else 47: typedef unsigned long XID; 48: #endif` [download] Go back to root of the build directory and: `dmake dmake test dmake install` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Problem installing TK module by dgriff792 (Initiate) on Mar 31, 2015 at 21:41 UTC
PS E:\Tk-804.033.tar\Tk-804.033\Tk-804.033> dmake cd pTk && dmake DEFINE="" dmake.exe: Warning: -- Target [pTk\libpTk.a] was made but the time st +amp has not been updated. dlltool --def Tk.def --output-exp dll.exp g++ -o blib\arch\auto\Tk\Tk.xs.dll -Wl,--base-file -Wl,dll.base -mdll +-s -L"E:\perl\lib\CORE" -L"E:\c\lib" Tk.o chnGlue.o encGlue.o evtGlue.o objGlue.o tixGlu +e.o tkGlue.o tkGlue_f.o tkWin32D ll.o pTk\tkres.o pTk/libpTk.a "E:\perl\lib\CORE\libperl520.a" -lmo +ldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lco mdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2 +_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -l comctl32 dll.exp pTk/libpTk.a(tkWinX.o):tkWinX.c:(.text+0xc78): undefined reference to +`ImmGetContext' pTk/libpTk.a(tkWinX.o):tkWinX.c:(.text+0xc9d): undefined reference to +`ImmSetCompositionWindow' pTk/libpTk.a(tkWinX.o):tkWinX.c:(.text+0xca8): undefined reference to +`ImmReleaseContext' pTk/libpTk.a(tkWinX.o):tkWinX.c:(.text+0x1744): undefined reference to + `ImmGetContext' pTk/libpTk.a(tkWinX.o):tkWinX.c:(.text+0x176e): undefined reference to + `ImmGetCompositionStringA' pTk/libpTk.a(tkWinX.o):tkWinX.c:(.text+0x17bb): undefined reference to + `ImmGetCompositionStringW' pTk/libpTk.a(tkWinX.o):tkWinX.c:(.text+0x18d1): undefined reference to + `ImmReleaseContext' pTk/libpTk.a(tkWinX.o):tkWinX.c:(.text+0x18e1): undefined reference to + `ImmGetCompositionStringW' pTk/libpTk.a(tkWinX.o):tkWinX.c:(.text+0x18f1): undefined reference to + `ImmGetCompositionStringA' E:/c/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.3/../../../../x86_64-w64-mi +ngw32/bin/ld.exe: pTk/libpTk.a(tkWinX.o): bad relo c address 0x28 in section `.data' E:/c/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.3/../../../../x86_64-w64-mi +ngw32/bin/ld.exe: final link failed: Invalid opera tion collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status dmake.exe: Error code 129, while making 'blib\arch\auto\Tk\Tk.xs.dll' [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Problem installing TK module by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 31, 2015 at 23:32 UTC
undefined reference to `Imm ... You need to link to libimm32.a (which should ship with strawberry). I don't know why this is isn't happening automatically for you. (It happened automatically for me.) UPDATE: I think I identified the wrong Makefile in what follows. It's the top level Makefile (not the the pTk/Makefile) that's failing to provide the libimm32.a link. If you go into your Tk build directory, and open up the pTk/Makefile, you should find `EXTRALIBS` and `LDLOADLIBS` entries about a third of the way down - and those entries should specify the full path to (among other libs) libimm32.a. If that lib is missing, just insert it at the beginning. For example, my EXTRALIBS and LDLOADLIBS begin with: "C:\_64\strawberry5.20.0\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libimm32.a" If you fix those entries, you should then be able to 'cd' into the 'Tk' build directory and run 'dmake test' followed by 'dmake install' ... and that will hopefully work. However, the fact that this didn't all happen correctly in the first place might indicate that there's something more serious. See how it goes. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Problem installing TK module by dgriff792 (Initiate) on Apr 01, 2015 at 14:56 UTC
That worked! Thanks Rob. I appreciate your help.	[reply]
Re: Problem installing TK module (strawberryperl version) by Anonymous Monk on Mar 31, 2015 at 22:20 UTC
Which version of strawberryperl?	[reply]


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