"Peter Otten" <__pete...@web.de> wrote in message news:h3481q$d95$0...@news.t-online.com... > Paul Simon wrote: > >> "Chris Rebert" <c...@rebertia.com> wrote in message >> news:mailman.2863.1247095339.8015.python-l...@python.org... >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Paul Simon<psi...@sonic.net> wrote: >>> I have the "tkinter" problem and need some assistance to straighten it >>> out. >>> >From the web page "http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter"; I tested as in >>> >"step >>> 1" and cannot import "_tkinter." I do not have that file on my computer, >>> but >>> do have tkinter.py in /usr/local/lib/python2.6/lib-tk. as well as the >>> directories /usr/lib/tk8.5 and /usr/lib/tcl8.5. >>> This python stuff is great, but the documentation frequently >>> feels like it is just a bit out of my grasp. I realize that all of this >>> is free but I understand the instructions on the web page to repair only >>> to the >>> point of confusion. I'm not an expert. How do I modify my python >>> configuration? Is there a file that needs to be edited? Which setup.py >>> file >>> do I use? Make? or python setup.py build and python setup.py install? >>> Thanks. I appreciate your help. >> >> - How did you install Python? >> - What Linux distro are you using? >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> http://blog.rebertia.com >> I"m using Mandriva 2008.1. I have to tell you honestly that I'm not sure >> exactly how I installed Python. Originally I had installed 2.5 from RPM >> but 2.6 was not available for my distro (2008.1) in RPM. I downloaded >> something from python.org and installed. Not sure if it was tarball or >> zip file. > > Zip or tar doesn't matter, you are installing "from source". > > Python has to find the necessary include files for tcl/tk. These are in > separate packages that you have to install before you invoke Python's > configure script. > > I don't know what they are called on your system -- look for tk-dev.rpm, > tcl-dev.rpm or similar. > > You may run into the same problem with other modules like readline. > > Peter >
Thank you Peter. I understand what you are saying but don't know how to do it. Although I installed from source, I followed a "cookbook" recipe. Could you tell me what files to execute, where they might be, and file arguments? I'm just ignorant, not stupid. ;-). Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
