On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 08:52:58AM +0000, daoneiel wrote: > Package: tcl > Package: tk > > I am having trouble running my TCL app with this structure /project/main.tcl, > data.tcl, db.tcl, gui.tcl, file.sqlite. > The app functions fine as a single file. I broke it down into separate files > to make maintaining it easier for future growth. > > Note: I am learning to program so I am not sure how to diagnose the issue > thoroughly. > I have been using Grok to help me understand what happened. > If I can do most of the work, through AI, without bothering a developer with > my limitations, then I think it is a useful direction. My code could be > incorrectly structured, so I explored this first. > After it didn't appear to be a code structure issue I began to suspect a > deeper issue. > Since my error resolution skills are just emerging, I enlisted AI. > I have removed the markdown structure. > > The Error begins after main.tcl begins to execute, the error starts with > 'source "db.tcl"'. > > [code] > /home/user/project-app/ > ├── main.tcl > ├── db.tcl > ├── gui.tcl > ├── data.tcl > ├── file.sqlite > [/code] > > Check with: > [code]$ ls -l /home/user/project-app/[/code] > The permissions for all of the .tcl files: -rw-rw-r-- > The permissions for one of the files, file.sqlite: -rwxrwxr-x > I don't think this is an issue as 'tclsh' executes these scripts, they just > need to be read/write accessible. > > Check if '/home' is mounted with 'noexec': > [code]bash > mount | grep /home[/code] > The home partition is not mounted with 'noexec'. > > Everything passes until I get to checking tclsh 'Environement'. This is where > it fails: > > [code] > % tclsh -c "puts $tcl_version; package require Tk; puts $tk_version" > can't read "tk_version": no such variable > [/code]
Your post is long, so I'll just answer this one with three notes: - my version of tclsh (8.6, stock Debian bookworm) doesn't take an option "-c". I don't know what is going on here. - *IF* you are invoking this from a(n Unix style) shell, it is the shell which is going to expand $tcl_version and $tk_version (because they are inside double quotes). Try single quotes to achieve more consistent results, then. - Otherwise, doing "package require Tk ; puts $tk_version" outputs "8.6" on my computer. And... don't learn programming with an LLM: it will feed you bullshit. Cheers -- t
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