Problem with Tk on Windows

[Simon Foster]

Hi all,

Has anyone seen the follwoing message on the Windows platform
when tring to use Tk?

---
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> import Tkinter
>>> root = Tkinter.Tk()[/color][/color][/color]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "c:\python23\li b\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 1564, in __init__
self.tk = _tkinter.create (screenName, baseName, className)
_tkinter.TclErr or: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following
directories:
c:/python23/lib/tcl8.4 c:/lib/tcl8.4 c:/library



This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.

---

Anyone know the solution?
--
Simon Foster
Somewhere in the West of England

[Miki Tebeka]

Re: Problem with Tk on Windows

Hello Simon,
[color=blue]
> Has anyone seen the follwoing message on the Windows platform
> when tring to use Tk?
>
> ---
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> import Tkinter
> >>> root = Tkinter.Tk()[/color][/color]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> File "c:\python23\li b\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 1564, in __init__
> self.tk = _tkinter.create (screenName, baseName, className)
> _tkinter.TclErr or: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following
> directories:
> c:/python23/lib/tcl8.4 c:/lib/tcl8.4 c:/library
>
>
>
> This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.
>
> ---
>
> Anyone know the solution?[/color]
Just a guess, check if you have environment variable called TCL_HOME,
if so try to remove it.

HTH.
Miki.

[Michael Hudson]

Re: Problem with Tk on Windows

simon@uggs.demo n.co.uk (Simon Foster) writes:
[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone seen the follwoing message on the Windows platform
> when tring to use Tk?[/color]

Have you got Ruby installed? Complain to them about their installer
:-)

Cheers,
mwh

--
ARTHUR: Why should a rock hum?
FORD: Maybe it feels good about being a rock.
-- The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Episode 8

[Simon Foster]

Re: Problem with Tk on Windows

On 26 Oct 2003 23:38:44 -0800, mikit@zoran.co. il (Miki Tebeka) wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hello Simon,
>
>Just a guess, check if you have environment variable called TCL_HOME,
>if so try to remove it.
>
>HTH.
>Miki.[/color]

No, no such environment variable!
--
Simon Foster
Somewhere in the West of England

[Simon Foster]

Re: Problem with Tk on Windows

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:36:57 GMT, Michael Hudson <mwh@python.net >
wrote:
[color=blue]
>simon@uggs.dem on.co.uk (Simon Foster) writes:
>[color=green]
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Has anyone seen the follwoing message on the Windows platform
>> when tring to use Tk?[/color]
>
>Have you got Ruby installed? Complain to them about their installer
>:-)
>
>Cheers,
>mwh[/color]

Nope, no Ruby.
--
Simon Foster
Somewhere in the West of England

[Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou]

Re: Problem with Tk on Windows

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:46:26 GMT, rumours say that
simon@uggs.demo n.co.uk (Simon Foster) might have written:
[color=blue]
>Hi all,
>
>Has anyone seen the follwoing message on the Windows platform
>when tring to use Tk?
>
>---
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> import Tkinter
>>>> root = Tkinter.Tk()[/color][/color]
>Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> File "c:\python23\li b\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 1564, in __init__
> self.tk = _tkinter.create (screenName, baseName, className)
>_tkinter.TclEr ror: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following
>directories:
> c:/python23/lib/tcl8.4 c:/lib/tcl8.4 c:/library[/color]

Rhetorical: why is it searching in c:/python23/lib/tcl8.4 and not in
c:/python23/tcl/tcl8.4, where it should be?

Simon, please send the environment variables (import os; print
os.environ) you have, and search for all init.tcl files in your hard
drives for possible other installations. Also: which version of Python
did you install? Or did you build it your self?

Try to improvise in giving us more info, cause I can't think anything
else now :)
--
TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best,
Ils sont fous ces Redmontains! --Harddix

[Simon Foster]

Re: Problem with Tk on Windows

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 05:21:31 +0200, Christos "TZOTZIOY" Georgiou
<tzot@sil-tec.gr> wrote:
[color=blue]
>On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:46:26 GMT, rumours say that
>simon@uggs.dem on.co.uk (Simon Foster) might have written:
>[color=green]
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Has anyone seen the follwoing message on the Windows platform
>>when tring to use Tk?
>>
>>---
>>[color=darkred]
>>>>> import Tkinter
>>>>> root = Tkinter.Tk()[/color]
>>Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>> File "c:\python23\li b\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 1564, in __init__
>> self.tk = _tkinter.create (screenName, baseName, className)
>>_tkinter.TclE rror: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following
>>directories :
>> c:/python23/lib/tcl8.4 c:/lib/tcl8.4 c:/library[/color]
>
>Rhetorical: why is it searching in c:/python23/lib/tcl8.4 and not in
>c:/python23/tcl/tcl8.4, where it should be?
>
>Simon, please send the environment variables (import os; print
>os.environ) you have, and search for all init.tcl files in your hard
>drives for possible other installations. Also: which version of Python
>did you install? Or did you build it your self?
>
>Try to improvise in giving us more info, cause I can't think anything
>else now :)[/color]

I have version 2.3.2 installed. It's the windows binary direct from
the Python website. My environment looks like the following:

{'ALLUSERSPROFI LE': 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users.WINNT',
'APPDATA': 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Simon
Foster.BERYLLIU M\\Application Data',
'COMPUTERNAME': 'BERYLLIUM',
'ComSpec': 'C:\\WINNT\\sys tem32\\cmd.exe' ,
'CommonProgramF iles': 'C:\\Program Files\\Common Files',
'HOMEDRIVE': 'C:',
'HOMEPATH': '\\Documents and Settings\\Simon Foster.BERYLLIU M',
'LOGONSERVER': '\\\\BERYLLIUM' ,
'MSDevDir': 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsof t Visual
Studio\\Common\ \MSDev98',
'NMAPDIR': 'C:\\Program Files\\NMapWin\ \',
'NUMBER_OF_PROC ESSORS': '1',
'OS': 'Windows_NT',
'Os2LibPath': 'C:\\WINNT\\sys tem32\\os2\\dll ;',
'PATHEXT': '.COM;.EXE;.BAT ;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE ;.JS;.JSE;.WSF; .WSH',
'PROCESSOR_ARCH ITECTURE': 'x86',
'PROCESSOR_IDEN TIFIER': 'x86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 2,
AuthenticAMD',
'PROCESSOR_LEVE L': '6',
'PROCESSOR_REVI SION': '0602',
'PROMPT': '$P$G',
'PYTHONPATH': 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Simon
Foster.BERYLLIU M\\jython-2.1\\Lib',
'Path':
'C:\\Perl\\bin\ \;C:\\WINNT\\sy stem32;C:\\WINN T;C:\\WINNT\\Sy stem32\\Wbem;C: \\Program
Files\\NMapWin\ \\\bin;c:\\pyth on23;C:\\Progra m
Files\\j2sdk_nb \\j2sdk1.4.2\\b in;C:\\Program Files\\Microsof t Visual
Studio\\Common\ \Tools\\WinNT;C :\\Program Files\\Microsof t Visual
Studio\\Common\ \MSDev98\\Bin;C :\\Program Files\\Microsof t Visual
Studio\\Common\ \Tools;C:\\Prog ram Files\\Microsof t Visual
Studio\\VC98\\b in',
'ProgramFiles': 'C:\\Program Files',
'SystemDrive': 'C:',
'SystemRoot': 'C:\\WINNT',
'TEMP': 'C:\\DOCUME~1\\ SIMONF~1.BER\\L OCALS~1\\Temp',
'TMP': 'C:\\DOCUME~1\\ SIMONF~1.BER\\L OCALS~1\\Temp',
'USERDOMAIN': 'BERYLLIUM',
'USERNAME': 'Simon Foster',
'USERPROFILE': 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Simon Foster.BERYLLIU M',
'include': 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsof t Visual
Studio\\VC98\\a tl\\include;C:\ \Program Files\\Microsof t Visual
Studio\\VC98\\m fc\\include;C:\ \Program Files\\Microsof t Visual
Studio\\VC98\\i nclude',
'lib': 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsof t Visual
Studio\\VC98\\m fc\\lib;C:\\Pro gram Files\\Microsof t Visual
Studio\\VC98\\l ib',
'windir': 'C:\\WINNT'}

I have another init.tcl in C:\cygwin\usr\s hare\tcl8.4. Would that
have something to do with it? I've tried
--
Simon Foster
Somewhere in the West of England