Re: Python3 Tkinter difficulty

2011-03-29 Thread harrismh777
Terry Reedy wrote: [python] 3.2 (which you should definitely be starting with) should, I think, be looking for [dev-tk] 8.5, which I believe is years old now and required, I also believe, for the tkinter.ttk module. Thanks everyone for your patience, and certainly for your help. I pulled down

Re: Python3 Tkinter difficulty

2011-03-29 Thread Terry Reedy
On 3/29/2011 1:52 PM, harrismh777 wrote: Thanks. You're right... I don't have tk-dev installed. duh. And I have choices to make... it looks like setup.py is looking for 8.4 headers; I 3.2 (which you should definitely be starting with) should, I think, be looking for 8.5, which I believe is ye

Re: Python3 Tkinter difficulty

2011-03-29 Thread harrismh777
Peter Otten wrote: We don't eat children above the age of three;) geez... that's good news :) > work... but, I'm at a bit of a loss to know exactly what its looking > for... libs, or libs and devel headers? or other? Most likely the development headers. Try installing tk-dev.

Re: Python3 Tkinter difficulty

2011-03-29 Thread Peter Otten
harrismh777 wrote: > Greetings folks, > I am very new to this usenet forum, and I am brand new to Python3... Welcome. > so be gentle We don't eat children above the age of three ;) > The source tarball for Python3 compiled and installed (local install > for first experiments $HOME/loc

Python3 Tkinter difficulty

2011-03-29 Thread harrismh777
Greetings folks, I am very new to this usenet forum, and I am brand new to Python3... so be gentle The source tarball for Python3 compiled and installed (local install for first experiments $HOME/local/) and runs very well in my terminal. I am not able to run IDLE because the compile b