[vtkusers] vtk 5.0.3 and Tcl 8.4

[Mark B Stucky]

Jim Harsh wrote:
> I'm trying to use VTK after a long hiatus and have installed the latest 
> releases, vtk 5.0.3 with tcl8.4 on my Win XP box. When I click on a .tcl 
> file, the vtk.exe command window opens but I get an error box stating 
> that "This application has failed to start because tcl84.dll was not 
> found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem." It didn't, I 
> tried reinstalling vtk and tcl/tk. What environment variables should be 
> define? TC_LIBRARY, TCLLIBPATH are both pointing to the folder where 
> tcl84.dll is residing.
> I looked in the FAQ and it talks about "fixes" to the ccmake process but 
> states that it only for VTK 4.2 and the fixes will not be required for 
> future releases.
> 
> What did I miss?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim

You might try setting the "TCLLIBPATH" environment variable...

I set mine with the following:

      export TCLLIBPATH=C:/Utils/vtk/bin/Wrapping/Tcl/Debug

Note: Your path and shell will probably be different...

--Mark