libtk8.0.so error when starting pd
Guenter Geiger
geiger at epy.co.at
Mon Oct 16 12:30:21 CEST 2000
Miller Puckette writes:
> I think Pd ought to have worked with TK8.3 with no problem... it's just
> that the compiled program in teh release looks for 8.0... it should have
> been possible to replace 8.0 with 8.3 in the makefile and recompile.
>
> However, I don't know how I can release a Pd binary that works on all
> reasonable linux platforms if the name of the library keeps changing!
> any ideas??? I may have to start making binary-less releases and make
> everyone do the ./configure dance, but I'd really like to avoid this.
>
Funny thing about the tcl/tk guys is, that they change the library
name for each minor release. This is bad practice.
I am using a configure script to detect tcl/tk libraries,
this could be included into the release for those who have to
recompile.
Guenter
PS: Don't tell me that configure can be a pain too, I know it.
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