Error while compiling srilm in linux ubuntu 12.04

Question

I am trying to install SRILM on my computer using os linux ubuntu 12.04, the gcc version 4.6.3 and the machine type is i686. at the end of the process it gives result of 2 errors as follows:

-o ../obj/i686/tclmain.o tclmain.cc tclmain.cc:8:17: fatal error: tcl.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make[2]: * [../obj/i686/tclmain.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory /home/supriadi/workspace/srilm/misc/src' make[1]: *** [release-libraries] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory /home/supriadi/workspace/srilm' make: * [World] Error 2

what should I do to fix this problem? thanks friend

Answer 1

You're missing the dev files of tcl. Use

sudo apt-get install tcl-dev tk-dev

Answer 2

You need to install tcl development files.

You can find tcl-dev package for ubuntu 12.04 here https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+package/tcl-dev

Answer 3

Try this instead of make:

 make MACHINE_TYPE=i686-m64 World

or

 make NO_TCL=1 MACHINE_TYPE=i686-ubuntu World

In my case this lead me into another error

/usr/include/features.h:323:26: fatal error: bits/predefs.h: No such file or directory

Which I found a fix here , such that:

 sudo aptitude install libc6-dev-amd64