From: "Daniel Schüle" <uval@...>
Date: 2005-12-01T02:17:30+09:00
Subject: problem with tk, no tcltklib

Hello all,

I previously used Tk with Python, now I wanted to write some simple Tk
program in Ruby
I am not 100% familiar with the build process of Ruby sources on my 
Linux box, on configure you usually see what header/tools has been found
in the system and the Makefile is generated
I can imagine that this search process affects what Ruby libraries gets
build in the process later. Thus I installed tcl with configure 
--prefix=/some-hidden-directory and tk sources with
configure --prefix=/usr/local/bin
make
make install
So the tk libraries should be included in the INC/LIB search path
when Ruby's configure is running(?)
Then I got Ruby 1.8.3 sources and configured-make-ed them.

rb(main):004:0* require "tk"
LoadError: No such file to load -- tcltklib
         from /pool/installed/ruby//lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:7:in `require'
         from /pool/installed/ruby//lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:7
         from (irb):4:in `require'
         from (irb):4
irb(main):005:0>

this is the error message
I tried to find "tcltklib" without success
find /pool/installed -iname "tcltklib"
find /usr/local/ -iname "tcltklib"
find /usr/lib/ -iname "tcltklib"
nothing ..

I notieced  the double // in the path

irb(main):024:0> $:.map! {|path| path.sub("//", "/")}

irb(main):029:0* require 'tk'
=> false

still nothing, I am running out of ideas :)
where is the chain broken, thankfull for all suggestions

Regards ,Daniel