I don't know much about HP-UX, and I'm sure someone will shoot me down for saying this, but all *nix is about the same to me.
I'd just try a ./configure --prefix=/opt/tcl_tk on both the TCL and TK installs, and then just drop the ./configure params in there to use /opt/tcl_tk/ as the prefix to them Sure, that might give you a double set of tcl & tk, but if your fs is a mess it might make linking to them easier in the future *Grin* Hope this helps, if you have any questions hit me back, all I have is a Linux box on hand, but I'm more than happy to simulate your setup as much as possible... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list