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Tcl 8.6 for Windows
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1. Introduction
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This is the directory where you configure and compile the Windows
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version of Tcl. This directory also contains source files for Tcl
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that are specific to Microsoft Windows.
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The information in this file is maintained on the web at:
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https://www.tcl-lang.org/doc/howto/compile.html#win
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2. Compiling Tcl
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In order to compile Tcl for Windows, you need the following:
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Tcl 8.6 Source Distribution (plus any patches)
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and
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Visual C++ 6 or newer
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or
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Linux + MinGW-w64 [http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/]
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(win32 or win64)
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or
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Cygwin + MinGW-w64 [https://cygwin.com/install.html]
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(win32 or win64)
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or
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Darwin + MinGW-w64 [http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/]
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(win32 or win64)
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or
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Msys + MinGW-w64 [http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/]
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(win32 or win64)
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In practice, this release is built with Visual C++ 6.0 and the TEA
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Makefile.
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If you are building with Visual C++, in the "win" subdirectory of the
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source release, you will find "makefile.vc". This is the makefile for the
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Visual C++ compiler and uses the stock NMAKE tool. Detailed directions for
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using it, are in the comments of "makefile.vc". A quick example would be:
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C:\tcl_source\win\>nmake -f makefile.vc
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There is also a Developer Studio workspace and project file, too, if you
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would like to use them.
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If you are building with Linux, Cygwin or Msys, you can use the configure
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script that lives in the win subdirectory. The Linux/Cygwin/Msys based
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configure/build process works just like the UNIX one, so you will want
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to refer to ../unix/README for available configure options.
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If you want 64-bit executables (x86_64), you need to configure using
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the --enable-64bit option. Make sure that the x86_64-w64-mingw32
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compiler is present. For Cygwin this compiler can be found in the
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"mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core" package, which can be installed through
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the normal Cygwin install process. If you only want 32-bit executables,
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the "mingw64-i686-gcc-core" package is what you need. For Linux, Darwin
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and Msys, you can download a suitable win32 or win64 compiler from
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[https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/]
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Use the Makefile "install" target to install Tcl. It will install it
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according to the prefix options you provided in the correct directory
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structure.
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Note that in order to run tclsh86.exe, you must ensure that tcl86.dll is
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on your path, in the system directory, or in the directory containing
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tclsh86.exe.
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Note: Tcl no longer provides support for Win32s.
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3. Test suite
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-------------
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This distribution contains an extensive test suite for Tcl. Some of the
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tests are timing dependent and will fail from time to time. If a test is
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failing consistently, please send us a bug report with as much detail as
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you can manage to our tracker:
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https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/reportlist
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In order to run the test suite, you build the "test" target using the
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appropriate makefile for your compiler.
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