/usr/local/bin/amsn: line 3: exec: wish: not found

[boast]

When I try to start amsn I get the following

Code:

user@UBUNTUBOX:~$ amsn
/usr/local/bin/amsn: line 3: exec: wish: not found

I'm using Ubuntu dapper 6.06, TK8.4  TCL8.4, and the SVN version. I also tried installing 0.95 from automatrix, and 0.96 I think from apt-get repository, and it still wouldn't launch.

[kakaroto]

this error means you don't have tcl/tk installed.. make sure you installed tcl AND tk, both... also, make sure you have them in your $PATH variable.
finally, you might have the command wish8.4 but not the command wish, so try symlinking them (this would mean a wrongly installed package) by launching the command :

Code:

ln -s /usr/bin/wish8.4 /usr/bin/wish

or whatever, depending on your paths...

[boast]

I do have it installed, I had successfully done ./configure --with-tcl=/usr/lib/tcl8.4/ --with-tk=/usr/lib/tk8.4/  with no errors.

So how do I "make sure you have them in your $PATH variable."

Thanks.

[Fenix-TX]

Try

Code:

which wish

or

Code:

which wish8.4

[Zalbor]

Try

Code:

whereis wish

If it doesn't find a file named just "wish" in any directory, do what kakaroto said above. If it does find, look what directory it's in, it normally should be something that ends in /bin.

EDIT: I guess "which" would work better, heh.

[boast]

Code:

user@UBUNTUBOX:~$ which wish8.4
/usr/bin/wish8.4
user@UBUNTUBOX:~$ whereis wish
wish: /usr/bin/wish /usr/bin/wish8.4 /usr/bin/X11/wish /usr/bin/X11/wish8.4 /usr/share/man/man1/wish.1.gz

[kakaroto]

type 'wish'
your $PATH can be seen by doing

Code:

echo $PATH

/usr/bin should be listed in your $PATH

[boast]

correct.

[kakaroto]

'correct'? whats' that answer? you didn't say if typing 'wish' worked, or what was the output of 'echo $PATH'...

[boast]

well, i had done 'whereis wish' which I had posted, and correct that /usr/bin is in my $PATH

oh, here

Code:

chago@UBUNTUBOX:~$ wish
bash: wish: command not found
chago@UBUNTUBOX:~$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games

Do I have to manually tell amsn where tcl and tk is for it to start?

[kakaroto]

humm.. try

Code:

ls -l /usr/bin/wish

then

Code:

file /usr/bin/wish

and paste the output here.

[boast]

user@UBUNTUBOX:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/wish
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2006-10-18 16:14 /usr/bin/wish -> /etc/alternatives/wish
user@UBUNTUBOX:~$ file /usr/bin/wish
/usr/bin/wish: broken symbolic link to `/etc/alternatives/wish'

[vivia]

sudo ln -s /etc/alternatives/wish /usr/bin/wish8.4

[boast]

Code:

user@UBUNTUBOX:~$ sudo ln -s /etc/alternatives/wish /usr/bin/wish8.4
Password:
ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/bin/wish8.4' to `/etc/alternatives/wish': File exists

[vivia]

ok, remove /etc/alternatives/wish first?