From: WATANABE Hirofumi <eban@...>
Date: 2002-09-24T23:57:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Using tcltk with cygwin Ruby

Hi,

"Low,Chee Hoong" <yvj57b5001@sneakemail.com> writes:

> I am trying to use TCL/TK with the cygwin version of Ruby.  I have tcl/tk installed previously for cygwin as well and am running ruby from the cygwin environment.  As I type "require 'tk'" from irb, I get this error:
> 
> LoadError: tcltklib: tcltk_stubs init error(-1)
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/tk.rb:7:in `require'
>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/tk.rb:7
>         from (irb):1:in `require'
>         from (irb):1
> 
> I believe this error comes from when the tk.rb file tries to load the tcltklib.so
>  
> This shared library file was probably put there when I installed ruby.  The ruby installation I used was rub-1.6.7-i386-cygwin.tar.gz.
> 
> Cygwin dll version is 1.3.12 so it is quite new.
> 
> I've done a search for this problem but unfortunately the references I've found were in Japanese so I couldn't read and understand the fix (if it was mentioned).
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix this problem?  I would prefer to stay in the cygwin environment.

1. Install Tcl/Tk for Windows.
   http://www.scriptics.com/
2. Define RUBY_TCL_DLL and RUBY_TK_DLL in your envrionment variables.
   Or add C:\Tcl\bin to PATH environment variable.

-- 
eban