Information about the Tcl and Tk libraries

The WordNet graphical interface, "wnb", uses the Tcl/Tk libraries.
Under Solaris, Irix, and Windows, the Tcl and Tk libraries are
compiled into the program.  The Linux binary dynamically loads the
libraries, but the operating system comes with the Tcl/Tk libraries
installed.

If you want to modify and compile the WordNet graphical interface
("wnb"/"wishwn") code for use with your own application, or if under
Linux you have trouble getting "wnb" to run with the version of Tcl/Tk
that is installed on your sytem, then you should install the Tcl/Tk
8.x libraries on your system. ("x" is a placeholder for the specific
minor version number.  "wnb" was built with 8.0 on some platforms and
8.2 on others.)

You can check your current version of Tcl by running "tclsh" and
typing "info patchlevel" at the first prompt.  If it responds with
8.x, then both your Tcl and Tk versions should be correct for use with
WordNet.  If you have trouble running "wnb" or building an
application, and your version of Tcl/Tk is correct, it's likely that
you have a local path problem.  Tweaking the library search path
should do the trick.

You can download the correct versions of Tcl and Tk from for free
from:
      
      http://dev.scriptics.com/software/tcltk/

On this site you'll find information on both binary and source code
downloads, and platform specific information for compiling the source
code.