trouble with python 1.5.2 install on win98

[X CB]

Found it!  Fixed it!

Just in case someone else had the same problem I had...


"Apparently some tcl based program stomped all over my tcl install."  was
the case this time.
It seems that some program installed versions of tk*.dlls to my
winnt/system32 directory and as you all know this directory is by default
first in the search order.  Rename 'em and IDLE mysteriously and wonderfully
works..




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> Lee Fletcher <leef_me at my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> > Hoping for some guidance to my problem w/Python,
> >
> > I have installed py152.exe on (2) Win98 machines:
> > 1 at work, 1 at home
> >
> > The installation at home runs. I am having trouble running IDLE at
> > work. It accesses the hard drive but never becomes a running program.
> >
>
> I have the same problem (NT4).  If you run idle.py in /tools/idle you'll
> probably get an error
> message similar to..
>
> <<
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "idle.py", line 3, in ?
>     PyShell.main()
>   File "D:\Python\Tools\idle\PyShell.py", line 611, in main
>     root = Tk()
>   File "D:\Python\Lib\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:
>     {} ./lib/tcl8.0 D:/Python/tcl8.0/library D:/Python/Tools/library
>
> This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.
> >>
>
> I bet this probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.
>
>
> The path is probably all wrong or incomplete.  Ironically, Until recently,
> I've not had this problem.  Apparently some tcl based program stomped all
> over my tcl install.
>
> Any suggestions?, Comments? ... to help the enthusiastic neophyte...
>
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