Paul Simon wrote: > "Peter Otten" <__pete...@web.de> wrote in message > news:h3481q$d95$0...@news.t-online.com... >> Paul Simon wrote: >> >>> "Chris Rebert" <c...@rebertia.com> wrote in message >>> news:mailman.2863.1247095339.8015.python-l...@python.org... >>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Paul Simon<psi...@sonic.net> wrote: >>>> I have the "tkinter" problem and need some assistance to straighten it >>>> out. >>>> >From the web page "http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter"; I tested as in >>>>> "step >>>> 1" and cannot import "_tkinter." I do not have that file on my computer, >>>> but >>>> do have tkinter.py in /usr/local/lib/python2.6/lib-tk. as well as the >>>> directories /usr/lib/tk8.5 and /usr/lib/tcl8.5. >>>> This python stuff is great, but the documentation frequently >>>> feels like it is just a bit out of my grasp. I realize that all of this >>>> is free but I understand the instructions on the web page to repair only >>>> to the >>>> point of confusion. I'm not an expert. How do I modify my python >>>> configuration? Is there a file that needs to be edited? Which setup.py >>>> file >>>> do I use? Make? or python setup.py build and python setup.py install? >>>> Thanks. I appreciate your help. >>> - How did you install Python? >>> - What Linux distro are you using? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Chris >>> http://blog.rebertia.com >>> I"m using Mandriva 2008.1. I have to tell you honestly that I'm not sure >>> exactly how I installed Python. Originally I had installed 2.5 from RPM >>> but 2.6 was not available for my distro (2008.1) in RPM. I downloaded >>> something from python.org and installed. Not sure if it was tarball or >>> zip file. >> Zip or tar doesn't matter, you are installing "from source". >> >> Python has to find the necessary include files for tcl/tk. These are in >> separate packages that you have to install before you invoke Python's >> configure script. >> >> I don't know what they are called on your system -- look for tk-dev.rpm, >> tcl-dev.rpm or similar. >> >> You may run into the same problem with other modules like readline. >> >> Peter >> > > Thank you Peter. I understand what you are saying but don't know how to do > it. Although I installed from source, I followed a "cookbook" recipe. > Could you tell me what files to execute, where they might be, and file > arguments? I'm just ignorant, not stupid. ;-). > > Paul > >
Just install the tkinter package from the Mandriva Linux Control Center's Software Management system. I just did it, doing a search for tkinter brought it right up. All done. --David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
