From: joviyach <joviyach@...>
Date: 2007-07-31T21:09:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Error using Tk

On Jul 30, 10:02 pm, joviyach <joviy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 23, 9:44 am, cypher...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > Thanks a lot !
> > It's working now.
>
> > Dominik
>
> > 2007/6/23, akbarhome <akbarh...@gmail.com>:
>
> > > On Jun 23, 8:32 pm, cypher...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > Hello everybody !
>
> > > > When I try to use the Tk extension I get an error that the "tk84.dll"
> > > > can't be found.
> > > > I tried to reinstall it but I didn't find the right gem.
> > > > So which gem is it or is there another way to get Tk running ???
>
> > > > Dominik
>
> > > Install tk first.
> > >http://tcl.activestate.com/software/tcltk/
>
> I am having similar problems with Ruby and Tk, I installed Tcl (which
> appeared to be successful), and it still is not working. I receive
> several errors. I even attempted to copy the tk84.dll into the Ruby/
> bin folder as I had seen suggested somewhere else, but that didn't
> work either. Any other suggestions?
>
> This is what I am getting...
>
> C:\ruby>canvas.rb
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1102:in `initialize': Can't find a usable
> init.tcl in
>  the following directories:  (RuntimeError)
>     c:/ruby/lib/tcl8.4 c:/ruby/lib/tcl8.4 c:/lib/tcl8.4 c:/ruby/
> library c:/library c:/tcl8.4.15/library
>
> This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.
>         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1102:in `new'
>         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1102
>         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:
> 27:in `ge
> m_original_require'
>         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:
> 27:in `re
> quire'
>         from C:/ruby/canvas.rb:1

This is now working.

I copied also the tk8.4 folder from the Tcl\lib directory to the ruby
\lib directory. That resolved the issue.