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Documentation:
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TkGate 1.8
README for 1.8.6

Download and Installation Instructions:

To compile and install tkgate, follow these instructions:

Download and install Tcl/Tk (TkGate has been tested with tcl/tk 8.3 and 8.4, but will probably work with any version after 8.0)
Download tkgate-1.8.7.tgz
Unpack the distribution:
```
gunzip < tkgate-1.8.7.tgz | tar xvf -
```
Change directories to the tkgate directory.
```
cd tkgate-1.8.7
```
Edit config.h if necessary to set the installation directory, etc.
Run the configuration script.
```
./configure
```
Compile TkGate using the command:
```
make
```
Install TkGate using the commands:
```
make install
make install.man
```
If you are installing to a public directory, you may need to do a "su" before executing the install commands.

You can also run tkgate directly from the directory in which you compiled it by running src/tkgate/tkgate. If tkgate can not find the necessary library files in the standard location, it will look in the directory in which it was compiled. You can also set the environment variable TKGATE_HOME, to set the directory tkgate will use for its library files.

See the README file for more detailed information if you have problems compiling.

Installation for Windows

In order to run tkgate on Windows, you will need to install Cygwin along with X11 and the X11 version of tcl/tk (as opposed to the native Windows version). For details see the Cygwin Installation Page. As of TkGate 1.8.3, the configuration script now contains Cygwin specific code and should not require any modification.

Installation for Mac OS X

As of TkGate 1.8.3, the configuration script now contains MAC OS X specific code and should not require any modification. If you are still having problems, I suggest you look here.

Jeffery P. Hansen

Last modified: Wed Feb 25 17:21:02 EST 2004