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   Message 133,167 of 134,474   
   Jonathan N. Little to Mike Scott   
   Re: perl Tk::Zinc   
   13 Jan 23 19:02:48   
   
   XPost: uk.comp.os.linux, alt.os.linux.mint   
   From: lws4art@gmail.com   
      
   Mike Scott wrote:   
   > Hi all.   
   >   
   > I've been trying to resurrect some old code of mine that made use of   
   > perl's Tk::Zinc code.   
   >   
   > Unfortunately, there seem to have been system changes involving tcl &/or   
   > perl/Tk libraries that leave the Tk::Zinc code crashing with a SEGV from   
   > within Tk's widget creation code, and which I don't have the knowledge   
   > to fix.   
   >   
   > The code is still listed on CPAN, but CPAN just says to build from   
   > sources (github), which haven't changed since last used several years   
   > ago, used to work OK and now don't :-{   
   >   
   > Does anyone out there still use this rather nice piece of software and   
   > might be able to help please?   
   >   
   >   
   > This is on Mint 20.2, perl 5.30, tcl 8.6   
   >   
   > Thanks.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Did you try and install it with cpan?   
      
   cpan -i Tk::Zinc   
      
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