Tkinter installation problems

[Fredrik Lundh]

Mladen Bestvina <bestvina at math.utah.edu> wrote:
> >>> 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.

Tkinter as distributed with Python 1.5.2 does *not* work with
Tk 8.1 and later.  either use 8.0.5, or get patches from here:

http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=484958681&fmt=text

hope this helps!

</F>

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