All right, I tried installing tk on the command line by entering "gem
install tk_as_gem", and I got the following:
ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18) [i386-mingw32]
C:\Users\Deepak>gem install tk_as_gem --platform=ruby
Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing tk_as_gem:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
C:/Users/Deepak/Ruby192/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
checking for ruby_native_thread_p() in ruby.h... yes
checking for rb_errinfo() in ruby.h... yes
checking for rb_safe_level() in ruby.h... yes
checking for struct RArray.ptr in ruby.h... no
checking for struct RArray.len in ruby.h... no
checking for tcl.h... no
checking for tcl.h in
/usr/local/include,/usr/pkg/include,/usr/include,/Tcl/incl
ude,/usr/local/include/tcl8.4,/usr/pkg/include/tcl8.4,/usr/include/tcl8.4,/Tcl/i
nclude/tcl8.4,/usr/local/include/tcl8.7,/usr/pkg/include/tcl8.7,/usr/include/tcl
8.7,/Tcl/include/tcl8.7,/usr/local/include/tcl8.6,/usr/pkg/include/tcl8.6,/usr/i
nclude/tcl8.6,/Tcl/include/tcl8.6,/usr/local/include/tcl8.5,/usr/pkg/include/tcl
8.5,/usr/include/tcl8.5,/Tcl/include/tcl8.5,/usr/local/include/tcl8.3,/usr/pkg/i
nclude/tcl8.3,/usr/include/tcl8.3,/Tcl/include/tcl8.3,/usr/local/include/tcl8.2,
/usr/pkg/include/tcl8.2,/usr/include/tcl8.2,/Tcl/include/tcl8.2,/usr/local/inclu
de/tcl8.1,/usr/pkg/include/tcl8.1,/usr/include/tcl8.1,/Tcl/include/tcl8.1,/usr/l
ocal/include/tcl8.0,/usr/pkg/include/tcl8.0,/usr/include/tcl8.0,/Tcl/include/tcl
8.0,/usr/local/include/tcl7.6,/usr/pkg/include/tcl7.6,/usr/include/tcl7.6,/Tcl/i
nclude/tcl7.6... no
checking for tk.h... no
checking for tk.h in
/usr/local/include,/usr/pkg/include,/usr/include,/Tcl/inclu
de,/usr/local/include/tk8.4,/usr/pkg/include/tk8.4,/usr/include/tk8.4,/Tcl/inclu
de/tk8.4,/usr/local/include/tk8.7,/usr/pkg/include/tk8.7,/usr/include/tk8.7,/Tcl
/include/tk8.7,/usr/local/include/tk8.6,/usr/pkg/include/tk8.6,/usr/include/tk8.
6,/Tcl/include/tk8.6,/usr/local/include/tk8.5,/usr/pkg/include/tk8.5,/usr/includ
e/tk8.5,/Tcl/include/tk8.5,/usr/local/include/tk8.4,/usr/pkg/include/tk8.4,/usr/
include/tk8.4,/Tcl/include/tk8.4,/usr/local/include/tk8.3,/usr/pkg/include/tk8.3
,/usr/include/tk8.3,/Tcl/include/tk8.3,/usr/local/include/tk8.2,/usr/pkg/include
/tk8.2,/usr/include/tk8.2,/Tcl/include/tk8.2,/usr/local/include/tk8.1,/usr/pkg/i
nclude/tk8.1,/usr/include/tk8.1,/Tcl/include/tk8.1,/usr/local/include/tk8.0,/usr
/pkg/include/tk8.0,/usr/include/tk8.0,/Tcl/include/tk8.0,/usr/local/include/tk4.
2,/usr/pkg/include/tk4.2,/usr/include/tk4.2,/Tcl/include/tk4.2... no
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more
details. You may need configuration options.
Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--without-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=C:/Users/Deepak/Ruby192/bin/ruby
--with-tcl-framework-header
--without-tcl-framework-header
--with-tk-framework-header
--without-tk-framework-header
--with-tcltk-framework
--without-tcltk-framework
--enable-tcltk-framework
--disable-tcltk-framework
--enable-mac-tcltk-framework
--disable-mac-tcltk-framework
--with-tk-dir
--without-tk-dir
--with-tk-include
--without-tk-include=${tk-dir}/include
--with-tk-lib
--without-tk-lib=${tk-dir}/lib
--with-tcl-dir
--without-tcl-dir
--with-tcl-include
--without-tcl-include=${tcl-dir}/include
--with-tcl-lib
--without-tcl-lib=${tcl-dir}/lib
--with-X11-dir
--without-X11-dir
--with-X11-include
--without-X11-include=${X11-dir}/include
--with-X11-lib
--without-X11-lib=${X11-dir}/lib
--with-tk-lib
--without-tk-lib
--with-tcl-lib
--without-tcl-lib
--with-X11-lib
--without-X11-lib
--with-tklib
--without-tklib
--with-tcllib
--without-tcllib
--enable-tcltk_stubs
--disable-tcltk_stubs
--with-tcltk_stubs
--without-tcltk_stubs
--with-tcltkversion
--without-tcltkversion
--with-X11
--without-X11
Gem files will remain installed in
C:/Users/Deepak/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/g
ems/tk_as_gem-0.1.0 for inspection.
Results logged to
C:/Users/Deepak/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/tk_as_gem-0.1
0/ext/gem_make.out
Also, where do I look for the mkmf.log file? I'm not experienced with
this, and it's getting very frustrating. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.