several ./configure errors : no tcl header found

[altern]

  BTW, are you sure it is in the main? I was checking in the package 
manager but i couldnt find it. I saw that there was tcl8.4 and some 
others but not any -dev that i could see. i will check again later, 
maybe i didnt see it

>>>You need 'tcl8.4-dev'
>>
>>why does this not comes included in the Ubuntu distro? I guess many 
>>people will need to install other applications than the one that come on it.
> 
> 
> It is included in 'main' and thus is supported for Ubuntu. It is not
> installed by default because 'build-essential' is not installed by
> default. Not every desktop needs a compiler and development headers
> and libraries.



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