Hi,
I just installed Python 3.1.1 via link in the book Python Programming for the
absolute beginner third edition. But IDLE won't start. When I try to open IDLE
the Windows "hourglass" just flashes briefly but nothing happens after that. No
error messages.
My operating system is XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times but nothing changes. I select
"Install for All Users" during the installation.
I have also tried installing instead the 3.2 version from the python.org
website but the same issue arises - IDLE doesn't launch.
When I open a command prompt, and type:
c:\python32\python.exe -m idlelib.idle
The message that comes is as follows:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Ceonn>c:\python32\python.exe -m idlelib.idle
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\python32\lib\runpy.py", line 160, in _run_module_as_main
"__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "c:\python32\lib\runpy.py", line 73, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "c:\python32\lib\idlelib\idle.py", line 11, in <module>
idlelib.PyShell.main()
File "c:\python32\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 1374, in main
root = Tk(className="Idle")
File "c:\python32\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 1674, in __init__
self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, want
objects, useTk, sync, use)
_tkinter.TclError: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories:
{C:\IBMTOOLS\Python22\tcl\tcl8.4} C:/IBMTOOLS/Python22/tcl/tcl8.5 c:/python3
2/lib/tcl8.5 c:/lib/tcl8.5 c:/lib/tcl8.5 c:/library c:/library c:/tcl8.5.9/libra
ry c:/tcl8.5.9/library
C:/IBMTOOLS/Python22/tcl/tcl8.4/init.tcl: version conflict for package "Tcl": ha
ve 8.5.9, need exactly 8.4
version conflict for package "Tcl": have 8.5.9, need exactly 8.4
while executing
"package require -exact Tcl 8.4"
(file "C:/IBMTOOLS/Python22/tcl/tcl8.4/init.tcl" line 19)
invoked from within
"source C:/IBMTOOLS/Python22/tcl/tcl8.4/init.tcl"
("uplevel" body line 1)
invoked from within
"uplevel #0 [list source $tclfile]"
Someone told me: “You certainly have a TCL_LIBRARY environment variable set on
your system,
it should be removed”.
How do I remove TCL_LIBRARY, or do I change some numbers somewhere, and isn’t
it risky to tinker with the Python settings already on my computer?
Thanks for any help, I really would like to get going with Python!
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