How to Install TCSH package in Ubuntu 11?

animesharma · July 31, 2011, 1:09am

I am trying to install tcsh package in ubuntu 11
When i tried to invoke the tcsh,i was prompted to contact administrator to install tcsh package.
Since i am also the admin on my system its my job to install tcsh

I have downloaded tcsh package named "tcsh-6.17.00.tar", since i don not have online access with my laptop.. i will have to learn how to install tcsh offline.

please advice how to?

yazu · July 31, 2011, 1:52am

But why?
you can try the usual actions:

tar -xf tcsh-6.17.00.tar
cd tcsh-6.17.00
./configure
make
sudo make install

But tcsh is an old package and maybe you will need some twiks.
Another way - you can download deb package from Debian -- Error and

sudo dpkg -i tcsh_6.17.02-4_i386.deb

animesharma · July 31, 2011, 7:46am

I am new in to shells,as an intern my work is mainly on c shell.
I wish there was an universal shell which can interpret all shells
anyway, thanks for the answers, let me try.

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Also, i need to run these commands in the directory where i am keeping the tcsh package?

and./configure return an error: command not supported

yazu · July 31, 2011, 9:02am

I've just checked. It's works fine for me but I'm afraid you need a few development packages to compile it. The best way to download the deb package. Anyway you should download something and deb package is the smallest and easiest variant.

animesharma · July 31, 2011, 12:39pm

Its working now, I have installed the tcsh package. Just one doubt.
the awk command is not available. Is that normal.

I tried checking awk --help, but its an invalid syntax for my system.

Conrad · July 31, 2011, 10:54pm

I think there is something error on that Tcsh package. Try to install it again if ever it gonna happen again i think you should install another one...

animesharma · July 31, 2011, 11:04pm

This particular command doesn't work properly... after i enter "sudo make install"
after a while the process is stuck and i get error.

Your second method works, but I can't find the "awk" in the installed package.

yazu · July 31, 2011, 11:16pm

In Ubuntu awk (gawk) is installed with the base system. What is the output of (the last line)

dpkg -l gawk

And how did you try to execute awk (in what shell/terminal)?

animesharma · July 31, 2011, 11:36pm

I tried its execution in tcsh.
I will post the exact output later today.

yazu · August 1, 2011, 12:09am

And give the input of

echo $PATH

animesharma · August 1, 2011, 2:32am

Need a little advice.
I also have a fedora15 with me. as my work is mainly on tcsh/csh and later on python.
will you advice me to move on to fedora or stick with ubuntu?

yazu · August 1, 2011, 3:10am

Ubuntu 10.04.3 would be the best choice. But Natty is good too but only with the latest updates.
IMO, of course. And I don't know much about Fedora 15.

animesharma · August 3, 2011, 11:01pm

Thanks guys for your help, i have successfully installed the tcsh packages.