1.5.2 NT install question(s)

[Mark Jackson]

Ken Koller <ken.koller at kla-tencor.com> writes:

[quoting me]
> > On a fresh system (never had Python or Tcl/Tk) things (for example,
> > PySol) seem to work, but whenever I use Tkinter (specifically, when
> > _tkinter is imported) I get a warning box about not being able to find
> > tcl80.dll in the specified path.  (tcl80.dll is present, in Program
> > Files\Tcl\bin.) What's wrong, and how do I put it right?
> >
> 
> NT looks for dlls in the following places:
> 
> 1. The directory containing the .exe file that uses it (In this case
> python.exe)
> 2. The current directory of the process which can be different than above
> for various reasons.
> 3. The system directory (usually c:\winnt\system32)
> 4. The windows directory (usually c:\winnt)
> 5. Directories listed in the PATH environment variable.
> 
> So you could fix it manually, however...
> 
> >
> > On a system where 1.5.1 (with Tcl/Tk) had previously been installed, I
> > carefully uninstalled both before installing 1.5.2.  Here both "import
> > _tkinter" and "inport Tkinter" are OK, but Tkinter._test() yields:
> >
> >     TclError: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories:
> >         {} ./lib/tcl8.0 D:/tc18.0/library {D:/Program Files/library}
> >
> >     This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.
> >
> > (init.tcl is present, in Program Files\Tcl\lib\tcl8.0.)  What's wrong,
> > and how do I put it right?
> >
> 
> Look for a file called install.log in "...\Program Files\Tcl". The end of it
> should show some registry entries for the DLL registration, and the
> installation directory (where is could find .\lib\tcl8.0 as a relative
> path). Sounds like you don't have permission to modify the registry. Are you
> an admin on the system?

Yes, on *both* systems.  (Two histories, two sets of symptoms, two
different boxes.)

Thanks for the hints.  Odd that the standard installation, taking all
defaults, failed twice for me.

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