Ned Deily <n...@python.org> added the comment:
tkinter does not find Tk; the linker at build time (ld) and usually the dynamic
linker (dyld) at run time do all the work. Typically on macOS, the linkers
prefer to dynamically link to libraries, deferring the decision to dyld at run
time exactly which dynamic library will be linked to rather than statically
linking in a library at build time. The expected shared library name (or path)
is recorded at build time into the executables generated. The
--with-tcltk-includes Python ./configure option is passed at build time to the
C compiler chain to add the directories(s) for Tcl and Tk header files, if not
otherwise found, and the --with-tcltk-libs option gives the locations of the
libraries to add directories with Tcl and Tk libraries for ld to link against
including generating the shared library file paths in the binaries produced.
In a standard Python build, tkinter has a Python component that calls a private
C-language extension _module helper named _tkinter that does all the C-level
calls to Tk and Tkinter. You can find the file name of the _tkinter extension
module by importing it in the interpreter and looking at its __file__
attribute. With that you can use the Xcode / Command Line Tools "otool" utility
to examine the binary to find the shared library names it is linked with and
expecting to find at run time.
An example with a current python.org macOS Python:
$ /usr/local/bin/python3.9
Python 3.9.5 (v3.9.5:0a7dcbdb13, May 3 2021, 13:05:53)
[Clang 12.0.5 (clang-1205.0.22.9)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import _tkinter
>>> _tkinter.__file__
'/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/lib-dynload/_tkinter.cpython-39-darwin.so'
>>> ^D
$ otool -L
'/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/lib-dynload/_tkinter.cpython-39-darwin.so'
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/lib-dynload/_tkinter.cpython-39-darwin.so:
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/libtcl8.6.dylib
(compatibility version 8.6.0, current version 8.6.11)
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/libtk8.6.dylib
(compatibility version 8.6.0, current version 8.6.11)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
version 1292.100.5)
In this case, the libtcl and libtk shared libraries are included within the
python.org distribution installed in /Library/Frameworks.
Another example with a MacPorts python built from source:
$ otool -L $(/opt/macports/bin/python3.9 -c "import
_tkinter;print(_tkinter.__file__)")
/opt/macports/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/_tkinter.cpython-39-darwin.so:
/opt/macports/lib/libtcl8.6.dylib (compatibility version 8.6.0, current
version 8.6.11)
/opt/macports/lib/libtk8.6.dylib (compatibility version 8.6.0, current
version 8.6.11)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
version 1292.100.5)
In this case, the _tkinter module was linked with libtcl and libtk included in
the MacPorts distribution.
Unlike many other platforms, the shared library names seen in macOS binaries
are usually absolute path names although they can be relative paths. It is
possible to use environment variables to override the default search paths used
by dyld at run time and it is also possible to ask dyld to display debug info
about exactly what files it ends up using, among other things. See the dyld
man page for lots of useful info. An example:
$ DYLD_PRINT_LIBRARIES=1 /opt/macports/bin/python3.9 -c "import
_tkinter;print(_tkinter.__file__)" 2>&1 | grep 'libt'
dyld: loaded: <FCA34869-A151-383A-AF54-F988070D5977>
/opt/macports/lib/libtcl8.6.dylib
dyld: loaded: <403FAC32-CB24-3ED3-B680-02AE4FBB11A7>
/opt/macports/lib/libtk8.6.dylib
Hope this helps!
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