Public bug reported: When running wavesurfer in Ubuntu 16.04 I get: Error in startup script: can't find package snack 2.2 while executing "package require snack 2.2" (file "/usr/share/tcltk/wavesurfer/wsurf/wsurf.tcl" line 9) invoked from within "_source /usr/share/tcltk/wavesurfer/wsurf/wsurf.tcl" ("uplevel" body line 1) invoked from within "uplevel _source $args" (procedure "source" line 5) invoked from within "source /usr/share/tcltk/wavesurfer/wsurf/wsurf.tcl" ("package ifneeded wsurf 1.8" script) invoked from within "package require -exact wsurf $version" (file "/usr/share/tcltk/wavesurfer/app-wavesurfer/wavesurfer.tcl" line 2578)
The problem: The package wavesurfer depends on version 8.5 of tcl-tk and on snack. On Ubuntu 16.04 the default version of tcl-tk (and wish) is 8.6. Version 8.5 can be installed manually with sudo apt-get install tcl8.5 Unfortunately, libsnack will only work in tcl-tk (and wish) version 8.6. Example: > wish % puts $tcl_version 8.6 % packa req snack 2.2 > wish8.5 % puts $tcl_version 8.5 % packa req snack can't find package snack Same is also valid for tclsh and tclsh8.5. Easy fix for wavesurfer: Add the following line to the start-up script (/usr/bin/wavesurfer): ------------- #!/bin/sh export TCLLIBPATH=/usr/lib/tcltk/snack2.2 exec /usr/share/tcltk/wavesurfer/app-wavesurfer/wavesurfer.tcl "$@" ------------- Better solution: Modify the snack package so that snack works regardless what version of tcl-tk is used. Another better solution: make the wavesurfer package depend on tcl-tk 8.6 instead of 8.5 (this avoids installing two versions of tcl-tk) Affected packages: - wavesurfer - tcl-snack - tcl8.5 > lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 > apt-cache policy wavesurfer wavesurfer: Installed: 1.8.8p4-3ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.8.8p4-3ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.8.8p4-3ubuntu1 500 500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > apt-cache policy tcl-snack tcl-snack: Installed: 2.2.10.20090623-dfsg-6 Candidate: 2.2.10.20090623-dfsg-6 Version table: *** 2.2.10.20090623-dfsg-6 500 500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > apt-cache policy tcl8.5 tcl8.5: Installed: 8.5.19-1 Candidate: 8.5.19-1 Version table: *** 8.5.19-1 500 500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: wavesurfer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630367 Title: snack does not work on tcl-tk 8.5 required by wavesurfer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavesurfer/+bug/1630367/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs