tkMOO-light - Installing Tk/Tcl

tkMOO-light, Tcl and Tk

tkMOO-light is implemented using the Tcl programming language and the Tk graphical widget set. The most stable releases are Tcl 8.3 and Tk 8.3.

Installing Tcl 8.3 and Tk 8.3

Tcl and Tk are available as precompiled binaries for a range of platforms or alternatively as source code which you have to compile yourself.

Binary Releases

Pre-compiled releases are now available for the following platforms, use the 'Save link as' option on your webbrowser:

Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT: Fetch ftp://ftp.scriptics.com/pub/tcl/tcl8_3/tcl830.exe, then execute it. The file is a self-extracting executable. It will install the Tcl and Tk libraries, the wish and tclsh programs, and documentation.
You need to double-click on the tcl830.exe file to start the installation procedure (a big blue screen). Just follow the default installation instructions by clicking on [next], [finish] in the subsequent dialog boxes.
If that all goes well, then you should have a working file association, which tells Windows to access the wish80.exe application whenever it's asked to open a .tcl file. Files with the .tcl suffix should be displayed with a red 'Tk' icon.
Macintosh (both 68K and PowerPC): Fetch http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/TclTk_8.3.3_RuntimeInstall.bin. The file is in binhex format, which is understood by Fetch, StuffIt, and many other Mac utilities. Double-click on the downloaded file to install Tcl/Tk.

Source Releases

If you're running on a platform other than the ones listed above, or if you want to make modifications to Tcl and Tk, you'll need to retrieve the source releases, which are available separately for Tcl and Tk in several different forms.

See Tcl/Tk Core Download Page for further details on obtaining the source release.