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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Tcl 8.5 for Windows +Tcl 8.6 for Windows 1. Introduction --------------- @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The information in this file is maintained on the web at: In order to compile Tcl for Windows, you need the following: - Tcl 8.5 Source Distribution (plus any patches) + Tcl 8.6 Source Distribution (plus any patches) and @@ -24,7 +24,28 @@ In order to compile Tcl for Windows, you need the following: or + Linux + MinGW-w64 (any distribution e.g. Ubuntu) + (for either 32-bit or 64-bit executables) + + or + + Cygwin + MinGW-w64 [http://cygwin.com/install.html] + (for either 32-bit or 64-bit executables) + + or + + Darwin + MinGW-w64 [http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/] + (for either 32-bit or 64-bit executables) + + or + + Msys + MinGW-w64 [http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/] + (for either 32-bit or 64-bit executables) + + or + Msys + Mingw [http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml] + (32-bit executables only) In practice, this release is built with Visual C++ 6.0 and the TEA @@ -40,20 +61,27 @@ using it, are in the comments of "makefile.vc". A quick example would be: There is also a Developer Studio workspace and project file, too, if you would like to use them. -If you are building with Msys, you can use the configure script that lives -in the win subdirectory. The Msys based configure/build process works just -like the UNIX one, so you will want to refer to ../unix/README for -available configure options. An error will be generated by the configure -script if you try to compile Tcl with the Cygwin version of gcc instead of -the Mingw version. Check your PATH if you get this error. +If you are building with Linux, Cygwin or Msys, you can use the configure +script that lives in the win subdirectory. The Linux/Cygwin/Msys based +configure/build process works just like the UNIX one, so you will want +to refer to ../unix/README for available configure options. + +If you want 64-bit executables (x86_64), you need to configure using +the --enable-64bit option. Then make sure that the x86_64-w64-mingw32 +compiler is present. For Cygwin this compiler can be found in the +"mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core" package, which can be installed through +the normal Cygwin install process. If you only want 32-bit executables, +the "mingw64-i686-gcc-core" package is what you need. If your Linux +distribution does not have a MinGW-w64 package, you can download one +from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/] Use the Makefile "install" target to install Tcl. It will install it according to the prefix options you provided in the correct directory structure. -Note that in order to run tclsh85.exe, you must ensure that tcl85.dll is on +Note that in order to run tclsh86.exe, you must ensure that tcl86.dll is on your path, in the system directory, or in the directory containing -tclsh85.exe. +tclsh86.exe. Note: Tcl no longer provides support for Win32s. |