tkinter module on a Sgi

[Fredrik Lundh]

Maurizio Turatti wrote:
> I installed the python 1.5.2 package from freeware.sgi.com but when I
> import Tkinter it doesn't find the _tkinter module. Should I download
> and compile the source or is the precompiled module "hidden" somewhere
> into the tarball?

Tkinter requires a few external libraries, and is not built by default.  So
if the freeware distribution doesn't explicitly mention tkinter support, it's
probably not included.

for more info, see the "download" and "troubleshooting" sections at:

    http://www.python.org/topics/tkinter/

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