Tkinter fails - tcl/tk installation in Python fails

[Alex Luso]

  Hi,

  I am having a hard time with Tkinter module of
Python (v.2.4.2). I followed the advice from a Python
help site ("Step 1 - can _tkinter be imported? Try
import _tkinter from a Python prompt) and indeed I
cannot. So it turns out that my installation of Python
(the default built into FC4) did not install Tcl/Tk
module correctly. I have tried to do it manually,
using the latest Python (v.2.4.2) and the latest
downloads of Tcl/Tk (v.8.4), but no matter what I do I
can't succeed. If I let the Python installation do the
automatic detection of Modules, it fails to install
tcl . If I edit the /Modules/Setup file, it still
fails. This time is says that:
----------
./python: error while loading shared libraries:
libtk8.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such
file or directory
make: *** [sharedmods] Error 127
----------

These is where everything is installed:

$ whereis tcl
tcl: /usr/local/lib/tcl8.4 /usr/share/tcl8.4
$ whereis tk
tk: /usr/local/lib/tk8.4
$ ls /usr/local/include
tclDecls.h  tcl.h  tclPlatDecls.h  tkDecls.h  tk.h
tkPlatDecls.h

And this is a snippet of /Modules/Setup:
--------------------------
# The _tkinter module.
#
# *** Always uncomment this (leave the leading
#underscore in!):
_tkinter _tkinter.c tkappinit.c -DWITH_APPINIT \
# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your Tcl/Tk
# libraries are:
        -L/usr/local/lib \
# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your Tcl/Tk
# headers are:
        -I/usr/local/include \
# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your X11
# header files are:
        -I/usr/X11R6/include \
# *** Or uncomment this for Solaris:
#       -I/usr/openwin/include \
# *** Uncomment and edit for Tix extension only:
#       -DWITH_TIX -ltix8.1.8.2 \
# *** Uncomment and edit for BLT extension only:
#       -DWITH_BLT
#-I/usr/local/blt/blt8.0-unoff/include -lBLT8.0 \
# *** Uncomment and edit for PIL (TkImaging) extension
#only:
#     (See http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ for
#more info)
#       -DWITH_PIL -I../Extensions/Imaging/libImaging
#tkImaging.c \
# *** Uncomment and edit for TOGL extension only:
#       -DWITH_TOGL togl.c \
# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect your Tcl/Tk
#versions:
        -ltk8.4 -ltcl8.4 \
# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your X11
#libraries are:
        -L/usr/X11R6/lib \
# *** Or uncomment this for Solaris:
#       -L/usr/openwin/lib \
# *** Uncomment these for TOGL extension only:
#       -lGL -lGLU -lXext -lXmu \
# *** Uncomment for AIX:
#       -lld \
# *** Always uncomment this; X11 libraries to link
#with:
        -lX11
------------------

  What on earth am I doing wrong? And why doesn't the
default installation of Python that comes with FC4
come with Tcl/Tk installed, as advertised?

  I am running linux on a new Fedora (FC4)
installation.

  Thanks for any help,
  -ALex


               
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On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:15:15PM -0700, Alex Luso wrote:
> fails. This time is says that:
> ----------
> ./python: error while loading shared libraries:
> libtk8.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such
> file or directory
> make: *** [sharedmods] Error 127

This is because /usr/local/lib isn't in the dynamic linker's path.  One easy
way to put it there is putting 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib' in your
environment.

>   What on earth am I doing wrong? And why doesn't the
> default installation of Python that comes with FC4
> come with Tcl/Tk installed, as advertised?

tkinter is packaged as part of fedora but seems not to be installed by default.
"yum install tkinter" should do the trick.

Jeff

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[Alex Luso]

  Thank you. That worked.

  -Alex

--- [hidden email] wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:15:15PM -0700, Alex Luso
> wrote:
> > fails. This time is says that:
> > ----------
> > ./python: error while loading shared libraries:
> > libtk8.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No
> such
> > file or directory
> > make: *** [sharedmods] Error 127
>
> This is because /usr/local/lib isn't in the dynamic
> linker's path.  One easy
> way to put it there is putting
> 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib' in your
> environment.
>
> >   What on earth am I doing wrong? And why doesn't
> the
> > default installation of Python that comes with FC4
> > come with Tcl/Tk installed, as advertised?
>
> tkinter is packaged as part of fedora but seems not
> to be installed by default.
> "yum install tkinter" should do the trick.
>
> Jeff
>

               
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