I just Copy and paste the command into my Command Prompt and hit Enter to install it,but it always said that something went wrong.
If you have time ,please help me , Thank you so much!
You have already installed The State Tool, and something else as your default project.
Once you have the State Tool installed, you canât use that cut and paste command. The command reference manual is found here:
https://docs.activestate.com/platform/state/commands/
You probably want to be doing a âstate activateâ.
Or, you might be wanting to download the exe or msi installer, and install it from there. Look for the Downloads tab from your account.
Hi All, Also first time user but dug a bit deeper. Found that the unzipping of the bundle in C:\Users\cs69\AppData\Local\ActiveState\cache\ff89621e_runtime_temp doesnât work. The file 1cd4b539-63da-5d8d-87e2-38b941008db1.zip is faulty. Double clicking on the file makes Windows come up and say the file is faulty. Using 7Zip for extraction gets the following message:
Warning
Can not open the file as [zip] archive
The file is open as [gzip] archive
The file then decompresses and promptly gets replaced when you try to activate again. Bit of a dead end really.
Can you fix it soon please!
From the build log:
To increase the verbosity of these log files use the ACTIVESTATE_CLI_BUILD_VERBOSE=true environment variable
[bundle (1cd4b539-63da-5d8d-87e2-38b941008db1)] Build completed successfully
== Installation started: (0/1) ==
[bundle (1cd4b539-63da-5d8d-87e2-38b941008db1)] Downloading started
[bundle (1cd4b539-63da-5d8d-87e2-38b941008db1)] Downloading completed SUCCESSFULLY
[bundle (1cd4b539-63da-5d8d-87e2-38b941008db1)] Unpacking started
[bundle (1cd4b539-63da-5d8d-87e2-38b941008db1)] Unpacking completed with FAILURE: Could not unpack artifact C:\Users\cs69\AppData\Local\activestate\cache\ff89621e_runtime_temp\1cd4b539-63da-5d8d-87e2-38b941008db1.zip
I am having the same problem and your explanation is not enough to solve it! there is no way to download the exe in the download tab. You have to do it copy-paste and it apparently does not work. I am not sure if I already installed the state tool. Please help us in a more clear way!!
Hey,
Iâve been looking for the exe as well but I donât think they publish it anymore. I saw something on this site noting a policy change regarding the exeâs back in August (I think) but I canât find that page again. As for fixing your problem, I canât! Thatâs what my post is about. The ZIP file at their end needs fixing, and until they fix the file I donât think thereâs a thing we can do. Iâm stuck too mate ⌠Sorry! I could easily start a rant because Iâm pretty annoyed by this whole experience. Iâve been forced here by a third party because theyâve distributed their interface as a TCL file expecting you can just download an exe and be up and running. Apparently not so and now this is just a huge waste of my time and Iâve had to sign up to this site that I donât really want anything to with⌠So just please go back to making exeâs and keep people like me at armâs length!!! At least make sure what you put up actually works (bare minimum).
I didnât mean to you. I was talking to support guys.
Oh Sorry. Well I guess weâre on the same page then. I wonder how long it will take?
Gave me a chance for a rant anyway!
I canât believe this is true. TCL is not loading!!
Same problem here. No exe. And same unzip problem. Hopefully a solution is near.
How can we upvote the problem so the community knows this is critical!
I tried running âstate activate --path C:\Users\Incise\adij\ActiveTcl-8.6â, but getting the same error as described already in detail by other. Exact same issue.
A Rule of Thumb:
If we offer a downloadable exe or msi format installer, donât use the State Tool.
This advice might change over time, but there are two separate build systems. One generates State Tool installable builds, and the other generates exe or msi format downloads. Installers from one build system donât necessarily work with the other process.
ActiveTcl 8.7 and ActiveTcl 9.0 will be built on the system that generates builds for use with the State Tool.
Hey there ActiveState-Support
First off, really disappointed in your response above. Iâve tried again to get this working, but no. Iâll do the following in point form to make it easier to address and respond to each issue in turn. This will be a guide as to how well you read and consider this feedback.
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Do you realise that the ZIP file that is downloaded for Windows is only 2k? (So clearly invalid)
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There is a âDownload Buildsâ tab with no ability to download either EXE or MSI
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After forking the project, there is no option to rebuild the project under my dashboard to try and generate a valid zip file
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Maybe things arenât working the way you expect on your webpage. You say:
If we offer a downloadable exe or msi format installer
You donât offer exe or msi format installers for Tcl, so we have to use the state tool.
You also say:
there are two separate build systems
No there isnât, there isnât even one build system!
Please fix the zip file issue so I can get working with the software I require, then get the EXEâs and msiâs up and running again.
Cheers
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Hi Chuck,
I have the same problem as you too. I solved it by downloading the exe
from the BAWT frammework Downloads | BAWT
Hey @chuckyrs71 @danilo-colucci @adij @bariskasapoglu @chejiayu â the issue youâve run into here is a result of a change we made elsewhere on the platform that inadvertently impacted Tcl builds â weâre working to address this and reverse the change so that youâll have access to the installers again. Thanks for your patience. Weâll update this thread when the fix has been deployed.
âDo you realise that the ZIP file that is downloaded for Windows is only 2k?â
Yes. Thatâs because youâre not downloading the installer for Tcl. Youâre downloading a zipfile bootstrap installer, which only contains The State Tool and a set of instructions (which donât work with Tcl 8.6) for downloading the rest of the components it needs from The Platform. In order to work with a bootstrap installer like this one, the build needs to be created on the build system that matches, and ActiveTcl 8.6 is not from that build system.
There isnât a zip file installer for ActiveTcl, and has never been a zipfile installer; not even all the way back to Tcl 8.3.
The Platform is a Build System As A Service. There are more than two different build systems counting the ones that are not yet in production use, but users do not have access to any of the controls that instruct The Platform on which of the systems to build with.
âMaybe things arenât working the way you expect on your webpage.â
Thatâs indeed the case. We have a bug. A feature that isnât supposed to affect Tcl 8.6 is actually affecting Tcl 8.6, and as a result, the web site is hiding the Exe and MSI format installers. Theyâre there, and weâre working on a fix to get the website to not apply the feature to Tcl 8.6.
Great, thanks for the information. Hope you can get that work around up and running soon.
Just to clarify the download thing a bit. Iâm using âstate activate chuckyrs71/ActiveTcl-8.6â. The file â1cd4b539-63da-5d8d-87e2-38b941008db1.zipâ downloads to C:\Users\blah\AppData\Local\ActiveState\cache\ff89621e_runtime_temp. 1cd4b539-63da-5d8d-87e2-38b941008db1.zip is a 2k file that just doesnât work. This is the artifact bundle that fails to install because it is an invalid zip file. This is failure from the build log that I posted earlier.
Is this something you can fix for now? Or shed some light on why it isnât downloading properly?
Thanks for your help with this, it seems I have turned up at a bad timeâŚ
Cheers
Hey Pete, I saw this after my latest reply. Thanks for all the info, like I said, just turned up at a bad time. Iâm sure youâll let us know when youâre set to go.
Cheers
Canât really fix that one unfortunately. Not quickly anyway. âState activateâ needs to have a project thatâs compatible, and Tcl 8.6 projects, like chuckyrs71/ActiveTcl-8.6, are not supported by the State commands because theyâre Tcl, The State Tool just does not understand what it needs to do with Tcl. It knows Python and Perl, and Ruby soon, but Tcl support will probably not be available at the 8.6 version.
The bug fix for the web site is considerably easier to fix that than, so youâll see the links for MSI and EXE files back quickly.
Awesome, thatâs everything we need to know. Thanks and hope the bugs iron out quickly for you. Iâll leave you in peace now. Please just let us know when weâre right to go.
Cheers
Ok. I can see the MSI and EXE downloads again from a normal user ID, but only for Tcl 8.6 projects, as it should be. Youâll need a fresh browser tab. If an older version of the dashboard is still loaded, youâll see some other scary looking error messages.
Thank you! Loaded - Running - No Problems!
Cheers