From: "gigaday@..." <gigaday@...>
Date: 2006-10-27T16:30:07+09:00
Subject: Re: ubuntu tcltklib absolute beginner question


Paul Lutus wrote:
> gigaday@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to start from absolute basics.  I have ruby 1.8 installed
> > and working and want to have a look at the Tk interface.
> >
> > I get the following:-
> >
> > irb(main):001:0> require 'tk'
> > RuntimeError: tcltklib: fail to Tk_Init(). this isn't a Tk
> > applicationunknown color name "Black"
> >         from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1102:in `initialize'
> >         from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1102
> >         from (irb):1
> > irb(main):002:0>
> >
> > Any ideas please?
>
> Your system doesn't have the Ruby Tk library installed. Have you considered
> upgrading to the current Ruby version? This might solve the problem. Or you
> could try to find and install the tk library.
>
> FWIW, the missing library is named "ruby-tcltk -(version)".
>
> --
> Paul Lutus
> http://www.arachnoid.com

I think that I do have all the required libraries installed.  Someone
from the tcl/tk team reckons I need a version upgrade, I'll try this.

Thanks for your help.

Tony