# How can install Tk8.5 to Ruby1.8.6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 29, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-install-tk8-5-to-ruby1-8-6/136147 "2008-04-29T12:12:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![try4rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@try4rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/try4rb)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-install-tk8-5-to-ruby1-8-6/136147/1 "2008-04-29T12:12:11Z")
I am a newbie for Ruby, I d/l one-click of Ruby1.8.6 and install ,then it well used, I have learn ruby with GUI pratice , and found that TK8.5 is available ,but after installation, I try to simple run code with RDE editor, it shown error as ## ----- code ----------------- require “tk” root = TkRoot.new{title “Test root”} Tk.mainloop I got error message shown " This application has failed to star because tk84.dll was not found" I try copied “tk85.dll” from “c:\Tcl” directory “c:\ruby186\_25\lib” and attemp to fix it by several method , but there’s nothing result , Do any body ever found problem like this ? , please help me for suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![try4rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@try4rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/try4rb)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-install-tk8-5-to-ruby1-8-6/136147/2 "2008-04-29T15:32:56Z")
Preecha Tu wrote: > ## ----- code ----------------- require “tk” root = TkRoot.new{title “Test root”} Tk.mainloop > > I got error message shown " This application has failed to star > because tk84.dll was not found" I too have this problem ---
**Author:** ![try4rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@try4rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/try4rb)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-install-tk8-5-to-ruby1-8-6/136147/3 "2008-04-29T17:33:42Z")
From: Preecha Tu [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Subject: How can install Tk8.5 to Ruby1.8.6 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:12:12 +0900 Message-ID: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > I am a newbie for Ruby, I d/l one-click of Ruby1.8.6 and install ,then > (snip) > I got error message shown " This application has failed to star > because tk84.dll was not found" > > I try copied “tk85.dll” from “c:\Tcl” directory “c:\ruby186\_25\lib” > and attemp to fix it by several method , but there’s nothing result , Do > any body ever found problem like this ? , please help me for suggestion. Probably, tcltklib on one-click-ruby is compiled for Tcl/Tk8.4 only. You must make tcltklib.so (ext/tk/tcltklib.c) with Tcl/Tk8.5. Or, use --enable-tcltkstubs option and make with Tcl/Tk8.4. It may work with any of Tcl/Tk8.4 or 8.5. Please read “ext/tk/README.tcltklib” about configure options. ---
**Author:** ![try4rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@try4rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/try4rb)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-install-tk8-5-to-ruby1-8-6/136147/4 "2008-04-30T00:12:38Z")
From: Hidetoshi NAGAI [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Subject: Re: How can install Tk8.5 to Ruby1.8.6 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:32:47 +0900 Message-ID: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > Probably, tcltklib on one-click-ruby is compiled for Tcl/Tk8.4 only. > You must make tcltklib.so (ext/tk/tcltklib.c) with Tcl/Tk8.5. > Or, use --enable-tcltkstubs option and make with Tcl/Tk8.4. > It may work with any of Tcl/Tk8.4 or 8.5. > Please read “ext/tk/README.tcltklib” about configure options. I recommend to try Ruby 1.8.7 (or ruby\_1\_8 on SVN), or replace “ext/tk” directory to the one of Ruby 1.8.7. It has many changes to support Tcl/Tk8.5. ---
**Author:** ![try4rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@try4rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/try4rb)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-install-tk8-5-to-ruby1-8-6/136147/5 "2008-04-30T04:11:17Z")
On Apr 29, 7:12 am, Preecha Tu [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I got error message shown " This application has failed to star > because tk84.dll was not found" > > I try copied “tk85.dll” from “c:\Tcl” directory “c:\ruby186\_25\lib” > and attemp to fix it by several method , but there’s nothing result , Do > any body ever found problem like this ? , please help me for suggestion. First: during installation of One-Click installer it suggest you install ActiveTcl _8.4_ for tk to work with One-Click. At least, that was the list time I build the installer. Not 8.5, not 8.3… 8.4. Second, you need to put the DLL in a directory of PATH, being lib/ not one of these. I suggest you move the tk84.dll (from ActiveTcl 8.4) to ruby/bin instead. HTH,