Trying to build python-2.6.2
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --exec-prefix=/usr/local LDFLAGS="-L/ usr/local" (runs through happily, had to make some libs local) make runs most of the way until… building '_tkinter' extension gcc -pthread -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall - Wstrict-prototypes -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/tmp/ meld/Python-2.6.2/./Include -I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/usr/local/ include -I/tmp/meld/Python-2.6.2/Include -I/tmp/meld/Python-2.6.2 -c / tmp/meld/Python-2.6.2/Modules/_tkinter.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.6/ tmp/meld/Python-2.6.2/Modules/_tkinter.o gcc -pthread -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall - Wstrict-prototypes -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/tmp/ meld/Python-2.6.2/./Include -I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/usr/local/ include -I/tmp/meld/Python-2.6.2/Include -I/tmp/meld/Python-2.6.2 -c / tmp/meld/Python-2.6.2/Modules/tkappinit.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.6/ tmp/meld/Python-2.6.2/Modules/tkappinit.o gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.6/tmp/meld/Python-2.6.2/ Modules/_tkinter.o build/temp.linux-i686-2.6/tmp/meld/Python-2.6.2/ Modules/tkappinit.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/ lib -ltk8.5 -ltcl8.5 -lX11 -o build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/_tkinter.so *** WARNING: renaming "_tkinter" since importing it failed: libtk8.5.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules: _sqlite3 bsddb185 sunaudiodev To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for the module's name. Failed to build these modules: _tkinter running build_scripts # cd /usr/local/lib # ls -la | grep libtk8.5.so -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1112606 Jul 10 13:28 libtk8.5.so Am I missing something, it’s there? Regards, -Tony -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list