On Wednesday, 8 January 2020 13:47:17 UTC, slelievre wrote: > > > > Le mardi 7 janvier 2020 10:15:08 UTC+1, [email protected] a écrit : >> >> On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 05:54:02PM -0800, 'Ricksme' via sage-support >> wrote: >> > I am about to build sage 9.0 on opensuse Leap 15.1 and notice that >> import >> > Tkinter works in python 2.7.14 but that import tkinter is required for >> > python 3.6.9 (Leap 15.1 installation). The sage 9.0 installation guide >> > specifies the (uppercase T) Tkinter which applies to python 2 in my >> > installation but sage 9.0 is built with python 3. Is this going to be >> an >> > issue and does someone know about this? >> >> That Tkinter -> tkinter change at py2 -> py3 could have been something >> we overlooked, as probably noone involved in Sage releases has any idea >> about tkinter. >> > > We should indeed adapt that section of the "install from source" page at > > https://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/installation/source.html > > I guess that to check support for Tk interface it's enough to try > > import _tkinter > > In Python 2, import Tkinter will import _tkinter. > In Python 3, import tkinter will import _tkinter. > > I think the one line is adequate to check for support; problem solved.
Is testing the installation out of context for the installation document? Testing could be done by importing the second line and running: tkinter._test() -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/aba13fb8-62f8-4ce5-8f34-0e30fc7a4162%40googlegroups.com.
