Mailing List Archive: Python & Tkinter problems...

Hi there,

I am trying to run Tkinter (tcl/tk 8.1 I compiled and installed it..)
on Solaris 2.6. Python version 1.5.2. The tcl/tk seems to work
fine, I was able to run a couple of demos, the TCL_LIBRARY is also set
ok, my environment stuff:

/usr/local/lib/tcl8.1 $ls
auto.tcl http2.0 msgcat1.0 safe.tcl
encoding init.tcl opt0.4 tclAppInit.c
history.tcl ldAix package.tcl tclIndex
http1.0 ldAout.tcl parray.tcl word.tcl
/usr/local/lib/tcl8.1 $echo $TCL_LIBRARY
/usr/local/lib/tcl8.1
/usr/local/lib/tcl8.1 $

The error I get from Python is:

/usr/local/lib/tcl8.1 $python
Python 1.5.2 (#5, Jun 24 1999, 14:52:16) [GCC 2.8.1] on sunos5
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> import Tkinter
>>> Tkinter._test()
Traceback (innermost last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/local/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1947, in _test
root = Tk()
File "/usr/local/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 886, in
__init__
self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className)
TclError: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories:

This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.

>>>

The init.tcl is in fact in /usr/local/lib/tcl8.1 and it appears to be
ok, I have run a number of tk demo programs...

Thanks for any help...

Alex.
Toronto

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alltube@netscape.net wrote:
: Hi there,

: I am trying to run Tkinter (tcl/tk 8.1 I compiled and installed it..)
: on Solaris 2.6. Python version 1.5.2. The tcl/tk seems to work
: fine, I was able to run a couple of demos, the TCL_LIBRARY is also set
: ok, my environment stuff:

: /usr/local/lib/tcl8.1 $ls
: auto.tcl http2.0 msgcat1.0 safe.tcl
: encoding init.tcl opt0.4 tclAppInit.c
: history.tcl ldAix package.tcl tclIndex
: http1.0 ldAout.tcl parray.tcl word.tcl
: /usr/local/lib/tcl8.1 $echo $TCL_LIBRARY
: /usr/local/lib/tcl8.1
: /usr/local/lib/tcl8.1 $

: The error I get from Python is:

: /usr/local/lib/tcl8.1 $python
: Python 1.5.2 (#5, Jun 24 1999, 14:52:16) [GCC 2.8.1] on sunos5
: Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
:>>> import Tkinter
:>>> Tkinter._test()
: Traceback (innermost last):
: File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
: File "/usr/local/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1947, in _test
: root = Tk()
: File "/usr/local/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 886, in
: __init__
: self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className)
: TclError: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories:

: This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.

:>>>

: The init.tcl is in fact in /usr/local/lib/tcl8.1 and it appears to be
: ok, I have run a number of tk demo programs...

: Thanks for any help...

: Alex.
: Toronto

There are some incompatibilities to Tcl 8.1, which came out after Python
1.5.2.

Dieter Maurer published some patches to this newsgroup about a month ago.

The URL on DejaNews for that thread is:
http://www.deja.com/viewthread.xp?search=thread&svcclass=dncurrent&ST=PS&group=comp.lang.python&recnum=%3cx7g14g9a37.fsf@lindm.dm%3e%231/1

-Arcege