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author | mertz | 2004-05-24 21:15:57 +0000 |
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committer | mertz | 2004-05-24 21:15:57 +0000 |
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- adding some info on requirement for linux, winXP and MacOSX
- adding a warning about the infamous libgl.a bad library
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diff --git a/Perl/README b/Perl/README index bad2af1..45583a0 100644 --- a/Perl/README +++ b/Perl/README @@ -1,5 +1,22 @@ Tk::Zinc - another Canvas which proposes many new functions, some based on openGL +Tk::Zinc for Perl/Tk is available for Linux, Windows and MacOSX. +the easiest way could be to use he CPAN. However new releases are usually +first available on www.tkzinc.org/ + + +* On a Linux system, you need Perl (>= 5.6) and perl-tk (800 or 804) packages. + +* On MacOSX you need: + - fink with tk-pm package and its dependencies (http://fink.sf.net) + - X11 et X11 sdk from Apple (http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/) + +* On WinXP you need: + - perl and perl-tk 804, + - Visual C++ or the Free Visual C++ Command Line Tools + + + Install: perl Makefile.PL @@ -10,6 +27,15 @@ Install: make install +WATCH OUT! On Linux it is quite frequent to have both Mesa and proprietary + openGL libraries installed. This may lead to big problems at + runtime if the linker picks the wrong library. It is often the + the case between the static (libGL.a) Mesa library and the dynamic + (libGL.so) NVidia library. It is very important to assert that + the link is done with the library matching the openGL driver + loaded in the X server. + + up-to-date documentation is also available at http://www.tkzinc.org/index.php/Main/Documentation You will find there the reference manual, a FAQ, a mailing list, its archive etc... @@ -17,13 +43,15 @@ The source of the reference manual is available in the full source package, which also includes TkZinc for Tcl/Tk, for Perl/Tk, and for Python (Python binding are now obsoletes). + After installation, we recommend you to launch the zinc-demos script, a frontend to more than 30 small demos. For more information on building Tk::Zinc, a README is available in -the tkzinc-*tgz tar file (on Tkzinc web site) used for building -tcl flavor of Tk::Zinc +the tkzinc-*tgz tar file (on Tkzinc web site) used for building all +flavor of TkZinc (ie tcl, perl and python) +This software is delivered under LGPL licence. For the copyright, please, read the COPYRIGHT file. For any question on Tk::Zinc usage, build or installation pb, |