Instructions for Downloading and Installing Tcl and Tk

(NOTE - You do not have to downlaod Tcl/Tk to run WordNet 1.7.  If you want
to compile the WordNet source code, then you need to have the Tcl/Tk 8.x
libraries installed on your system and should follow the instructions below
if you need to download and install it.)

1.  The graphical WordNet browser was build with Tcl/Tk 8.3.2 under
Solaris and other versions of Tck/Tk 8 under Irix and Linux. You
should have either this exact version, or one close to it.  If you
don't want the graphical interface, you can skip reading the rest of
this file - you don't need Tcl/Tk.  If you have Tcl/Tk, but are not
sure of the version, do step 2.  Otherwise, skip to 3.

2.  You can check your current version of Tcl by running "tclsh" and
typing "info patchlevel" at the first prompt.  If it responds with
8.x, then both your Tcl and Tk versions should be correct for WordNet,
and you can skip the rest of this file.  You can exit tclsh by typing
"exit". Give it a try before downloading a newer version.

3.  You can download the correct versions of Tcl and Tk from for free
from: 
      
      http://dev.scriptics.com/software/tcltk/netcvs.html


4.  Unarchive the files in the usual manner (filename is the name of
the package):

   gzip -d filename.tar.gz
   tar -xf filename.tar
   rm filename.tar

5.  First install Tcl.  Be sure to replace INSTALLPATH below with the
full path to the directory in which you want to install Tcl.  We
recommend using "/usr/local"; if you choose a different location, you
will have to modify the WordNet makefile later in the installation.

Something like this should work, but you should read the README file
that comes with the package.

   cd tcl8.3.2/unix
   ./configure --disable-load --prefix=INSTALLPATH
   make
   make install

6.  Now install Tk.  Again, don't forget to replace INSTALLPATH with
the target directory for Tk, and again we recommend "/usr/local".

   cd ../../tk8.3.2/unix
   ./configure --prefix=INSTALLPATH
   make
   make install

Again, read the README file for more information.