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  • Hrvoje Blazevic
    #1

    Idle

    How do I get Idle to work on Linux?

    I've tried to compile 2.4.2 on Fedora core 4, and Suse 9.3, but Idle is
    after make install either missing (Fedora), or reports **Idle can't
    import Tkinter... **

    Thanks

    -- Hrvoje
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    • Philippe C. Martin
      #2
      Re: Idle

      Hi,

      I remember having that when the wrong version of TCL/TK was installed on my
      system.

      Regards,

      Philippe



      Hrvoje Blazevic wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > How do I get Idle to work on Linux?
      >
      > I've tried to compile 2.4.2 on Fedora core 4, and Suse 9.3, but Idle is
      > after make install either missing (Fedora), or reports **Idle can't
      > import Tkinter... **
      >
      > Thanks
      >
      > -- Hrvoje[/color]

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        • Hrvoje Blazevic
          #3
          Re: Idle

          Philippe C. Martin wrote:[color=blue]
          > Hi,
          >
          > I remember having that when the wrong version of TCL/TK was installed on my
          > system.
          >[/color]

          And what is the right version? I have versions that came with their
          respective distros (8.4.9 in case of Suse)

          -- Hrvoje

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            • petercable@gmail.com
              #4
              Re: Idle

              If you are compiling python and you want to build idle/tkinter, you
              need to have the development packages for tcl and tk. The python build
              scripts will only build tkinter should they find the libraries
              (libtk8.4.so and libtcl8.4.so) and the header files (tk.h and tcl.h).
              If you don't have the development packages installed, you most likely
              do not have the header files.

              If you install the development packages and recompile, test by
              importing _tkinter. If that is successful, idle should run just fine.

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                • Hrvoje Blazevic
                  #5
                  Re: Idle

                  petercable@gmai l.com wrote:[color=blue]
                  > If you are compiling python and you want to build idle/tkinter, you
                  > need to have the development packages for tcl and tk. The python build
                  > scripts will only build tkinter should they find the libraries
                  > (libtk8.4.so and libtcl8.4.so) and the header files (tk.h and tcl.h).
                  > If you don't have the development packages installed, you most likely
                  > do not have the header files.
                  >
                  > If you install the development packages and recompile, test by
                  > importing _tkinter. If that is successful, idle should run just fine.
                  >[/color]

                  Thanks.
                  After installing new versions of Tcl/Tk, python compilation did work.
                  What is surprising is that although Python is bundled with most (all?)
                  Linux distros, Idle does not work on most???

                  -- Hrvoje

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