On 17 Feb, 20:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I went to Python.org, DL'd Python 2.5 source code per the usual > inadequate instructions and ran the make files successfully (sort of). > Python 2.5 works fine. But "from Tkinter import *" gets a "What's > Tkinter?" message. IDLE's no where to be found.
It could be that you don't have the Tcl/Tk libraries installed, or perhaps the header files for Tcl/Tk aren't installed. If so, Python wouldn't detect them when being configured itself, and then you probably wouldn't have the Tkinter extension installed. > What's not in the instructions is what directory should I be in when I > download? Where should I put the ".bz2" file? What dir for running the > make files? At present I'm working on a Windows machine, endangering > what's left of my sanity. > > I'm using Linspire, so Debian directories are probably the ones that > will get me up and running. Barring specific knowledge, even some good > guesses would be appreciated. Here's one page which probably tells you stuff you already know: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download On Ubuntu, which is Debian-based, the python-tk package should make Tkinter available, so you could look for that in your repositories. As for building from source, you can put the .bz2 file anywhere, and unpack it anywhere that isn't going to make a mess for you to clean up later. For example, you could download the Python .bz2 file into a "downloads" directory residing in your home directory, then you could do this: mkdir software cd software tar jxf ~/downloads/Python-2.5.1.tar.bz2 cd Python-2.5.1 ./configure make You can then do a "make install" with the right privileges. Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
