And another update! I found a way to work around the problem. I
changed the first line in /usr/local/bin/xtherion to read:
#!/usr/bin/env wish8
That works. xTherion now launches without error.
===============
Bill Gee
On 4/22/25 12:24, Bill Gee wrote:
Yet another update: There is a note at Fedora Project regarding the
upgrade to Tcl version 9. It mentions bwidget. I do not see anything
here about how to make something run in Tcl 8.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/TclTk9.0
I tried modifying the xtherion program so the first line is
#!/usr/bin/env tclsh8
Did not work, though it gives a different error message.
===============
Bill Gee
On 4/22/25 06:55, Bill Gee wrote:
Resending to the group, since this might be of general interest.
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Re: [Therion] Fedora 42 xtherion will not start
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:36:16 -0500
From: Bill Gee <[email protected]>
To: Stacho Mudrak <[email protected]>
Hi Stacho -
No luck. I included below a directory listing of the bwidget package
directory, if that helps. There are multiple tcl directories on the
system. tcl8.6 is the directory used by the Fedora 42 package. It is
the only one of the tcl directories that has anything regarding bwidget.
Unfortunately, I no longer have a Fedora 41 system to compare. I do
have a system running X instead of Wayland. That system also has
Therion 6.3.3. It shows the same results, which is what I expected.
=====================
bgee@main2:~$ wish
% package require BWidget
can't find package BWidget
% package require bwidget
can't find package bwidget
%
bgee@main2:~$ ll -d /usr/share/tcl*
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 4096 Feb 1 18:00 /usr/share/tcl8
drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 4096 Apr 19 14:57 /usr/share/tcl8.6
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 19 14:58 /usr/share/tcl9
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Apr 19 14:58 /usr/share/tcl9.0
bgee@main2:~$ dir /usr/share/tcl8.6/bwidget1.9.7/
arrow.tcl dialog.tcl images listbox.tcl
panelframe.tcl scrollview.tcl tree.tcl
bitmap.tcl dragsite.tcl init.tcl mainframe.tcl
passwddlg.tcl scrollw.tcl utils.tcl
buttonbox.tcl dropsite.tcl labelentry.tcl messagedlg.tcl
pkgIndex.tcl separator.tcl widget.tcl
button.tcl dynhelp.tcl labelframe.tcl notebook.tcl
progressbar.tcl spinbox.tcl wizard.tcl
color.tcl entry.tcl label.tcl pagesmgr.tcl
progressdlg.tcl statusbar.tcl xpm2image.tcl
combobox.tcl font.tcl lang panedw.tcl
scrollframe.tcl titleframe.tcl
=====================
Update! I did a bit more poking around and discovered I have two
different versions of tcl installed. They are 8.6 and 9.0.
bgee@main2:~$ ll /usr/bin/tclsh*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 1 18:00 /usr/bin/tclsh -> tclsh9.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 1 18:00 /usr/bin/tclsh8 -> tclsh8.6
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11728 Feb 1 18:00 /usr/bin/tclsh8.6
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11720 Feb 1 18:00 /usr/bin/tclsh9.0
If I start tclsh8 and then do "package require BWidget" it responds
with a proper version number. Running tclsh9 fails.
===============
Bill Gee
On 4/21/25 13:50, Stacho Mudrak wrote:
If you just run wish and try to import the bwidget package, does it
work?
On my system:
user@localhost:~$ wish
% package require BWidget
1.9.14
S.
On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 at 19:25, Bill Gee <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I upgraded to Fedora 42 over the weekend. Trying to start xtherion
gives a message about BWidget missing. However, it is installed.
=====================
bgee@main2:/public/document/CaveSurveys/CaveSpringCave$ therion --
version
therion 6.3.4+dev (compiled on 2025-04-09)
- using Proj 9.6.0, compiled against 9.4.1
bgee@main2:/public/document/CaveSurveys/CaveSpringCave$ xtherion
Error in startup script: can't find package BWidget
while executing
"package require BWidget"
(file "/usr/local/bin/xtherion" line 12925)
bgee@main2:/public/document/CaveSurveys/CaveSpringCave$ su -
Password:
root@main2:~# dnf search bwidget
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Matched fields: name (exact)
bwidget.noarch: Extended widget set for Tk
Matched fields: name, summary
kf5-kjobwidgets-devel.i686: Development files for kf5-kjobwidgets
kf5-kjobwidgets-devel.x86_64: Development files for kf5-
kjobwidgets
kf6-kjobwidgets-devel.i686: Development files for kf6-kjobwidgets
kf6-kjobwidgets-devel.x86_64: Development files for kf6-
kjobwidgets
kf6-kjobwidgets-doc.noarch: Developer Documentation files for
kf6-kjobwidgets
Matched fields: name
kf5-kjobwidgets.i686: KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 2 addon for KJobs
kf5-kjobwidgets.x86_64: KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 2 addon for KJobs
kf6-kjobwidgets.i686: KDE Frameworks 6 Tier 2 addon for KJobs
kf6-kjobwidgets.x86_64: KDE Frameworks 6 Tier 2 addon for KJobs
root@main2:~# dnf install bwidget
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package "bwidget-1.9.7-24.fc42.noarch" is already installed.
Nothing to do.
root@main2:~#
========================
I compiled Therion while still on Fedora 41. Should I recompile?
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