Here is how we understand this (which may be incomplete and/or incorrect).
The _tkinter module is a shared library _tkinter.o and that is built from C source file _tkinter.c. That C file and a few other tk related C files are included in the Python distribution. But the Tcl/Tk libraries to build the _tkinter module are coming from /usr/local/lib in our case. And those happens to be tcl83 and tk83 in our case. If the Tcl/Tk libraries (and include files) are missing, you will have to get and install those. But they are not part of the Python distribution, as far as we know. /Jean Brouwers In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeffrey Barish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jean Brouwers wrote: > > > > > FWIW, we just installed Python 2.4 (on RH Linx 8), rebuilt it from > > scratch and everything is fine. Tkinter is there, _tkinter as well > > and idle comes up as expected. > > > > /Jean Brouwers > > > > > > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Jeffrey Barish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> http://www.python.org/moin/TkInter > > Here's what I get when I import Tkinter at a python prompt: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ python > Python 2.4 (#1, Nov 30 2004, 08:58:13) > [GCC 3.2.3 20030316 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> import Tkinter > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 38, in ? > import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured > for Tk > ImportError: No module named _tkinter > > I tried make clean and make. Same result. Ah, now I see that the > output from make includes: > > INFO: Can't locate Tcl/Tk libs and/or headers > > Aren't the libs and headers included in Python-2.4.tgz? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
