# Tcl perl module for Perl5 Interface to `Tcl` and `Tcl/Tk` # Description The Tcl extension provides a small but complete interface into `libtcl` and any other Tcl-based library. It lets you create Tcl interpreters as perl5 objects, execute Tcl code in those interpreters and so on. There is a `Tcl::Tk` extension (not to be confused with "native" perl5 Perl/Tk extension) distributed separately which provides complete interface to the whole of Tk via this Tcl extension, also providing full perl/Tk syntax. Another extension to note is `Tcl::pTk`, which does the same but claims to have full perl/Tk compatibility. Using "tcl stubs", module could be built even without tcl-dev package installed on system. Still, tcl (or tcl/tk) must be installed during module build. `--nousestubs` also supported. Tcl versions 9.0, 8.6, 8.4 are actively used and supported, 8.0 also worked well in the past. # Install Build in the usual way for a perl extension: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install This will take reasonable defaults on your system and should be ok for most uses. In some rare cases you need to specify parameters to `Makefile.PL`, such as pointing non-standard locations of `tcl/tk`, etc. Use `--help` option to find out supported parameters to `Makefile.PL`: perl Makefile.PL --help # License See License, Authors sections in `Tcl.pm`, or with `perldoc Tcl` - once it is installed - to have acknowledged on this type of information.