Tkinter problems

[Rich Somerfield]

Sounds like u might have hit the nail on the head.  I was having problems
recompiling Tkinter [path problem!!]:

bash-2.03# python setup.py install
running install
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 25, in ?
    long_description = __doc__
  File "/usr/bin/python-2.0/Lib/distutils/core.py", line 138, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/bin/python-2.0/Lib/distutils/dist.py", line 829, in
run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/bin/python-2.0/Lib/distutils/dist.py", line 848, in run_command
    cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()
  File "/usr/bin/python-2.0/Lib/distutils/cmd.py", line 112, in
ensure_finalized
    self.finalize_options()
  File "/usr/bin/python-2.0/Lib/distutils/command/install.py", line 255, in
fina
lize_options
    (prefix, exec_prefix) = get_config_vars('prefix', 'exec_prefix')
  File "/usr/bin/python-2.0/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 368, in
get_config
_vars
    func()
  File "/usr/bin/python-2.0/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 280, in
_init_posi
x
    raise DistutilsPlatformError, my_msg
distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation: unable
to
open /usr/local/lib/python2.0/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
bash-2.03#

I dont suppose u know the correct command line arguments to build Tkinter?
I couldnt find any documentation with the tar that i downloaded and the help
from the setup.py that was included didnt really suggest the best / exact
method.
My Python distro is in "/usr/bin/python-2.0", i cant find anything that
specifies where the Python install resides [ the problem with the above
command is that it is looking in /usr/local/lib/python2.0 !!!! - WRONG
PATH].

If i do download a later version of Tk, do i need to recompile Python2.0 AND
Tkinter??  Or will Python pick up the libraries dynamically??

Regards
Rich



Dave LeBlanc <whisper at oz.net> wrote in message
news:976cgv$4ii$0 at 216.39.170.247...
> Oh, it's just a guess, but i'd say the version of tkinter you're
> trying to use is incompatible with the version of python you're trying
> to use.
>
> Possible causes:
> Python 2.0 is finding an older version of tkinter (perhaps
> associated with a Python 1.5.2 or 1.6.0 install?).
>
> You downloaded tkinter and python at different times.
>
> You recompiled Python but not tkinter.
>
> My suggestion would be to get a standard python 2.0 distro with
> tkinter included (does it actually come any other way?) and build and
> install the whole mass at once.
>
> BTW, Tcl 8.0.4 is _hopelessly_ out of date, having been superceded by
> Tcl 8.0.5 long ago (not to mention many further versions not used with
> the Python 1.5.2 version of tkinter).  AFAIK from reading, tkinter for
> Python 2.0 now uses Tcl 8.3.2 which, as always, is available through
> www.scriptics.com at sourceforge.
>
> HTH
>
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 15:00:52 -0000, "Rich Somerfield"
> <rich_somerfield at tertio.com> wrote:
>
> >I get the following exception when trying to load a jpeg image.
> >
> >My system is Linux SuSE6.4 (however I have downloaded and recompiled
Python
> >and PIL - the original versions had the same problem, i thought it would
go
> >away if i upgraded, it didnt.) Python 2.0 / Pil 1.1.1 / Tk 8.0.4
> >
> >I have been using my code successfully using the py15 installation from
> >PythonWare.
> >
> >BTW, what is the problem with my Python interpreter?? The Warning msg
about
> >the API version.
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >Rich
> >
> >
> >rsomerfield at FullCycle:~/SGE/sge > python sge_2.0.1.py
> >WARNING: Python C API version mismatch for module _tkinter:
> >  This Python has API version 1009, module _tkinter has version 1007.
> >WARNING: Python C API version mismatch for module _imaging:
> >  This Python has API version 1009, module _imaging has version 1007.
> >Traceback (most recent call last):
> >  File "sge_2.0.1.py", line 4585, in ?
> >    sge = SimpleGameEngine()
> >  File "sge_2.0.1.py", line 141, in __init__
> >    exec("self.main_function()")
> >  File "<string>", line 1, in ?
> >  File "sge_2.0.1.py", line 123, in main_function
> >    self.TG.produce_board_locations()
> >  File "sge_2.0.1.py", line 1807, in produce_board_locations
> >    self.vars.boardlocationimages[i] =
self.DI.process_individual_image(i,
> >self.vars.theimageblank1)
> >  File "sge_2.0.1.py", line 1870, in process_individual_image
> >    theimagetemp = ImageTk.PhotoImage(theimagetemp)
> >  File "/usr/lib/python/site-packages/PIL/ImageTk.py", line 83, in
__init__
> >    self.paste(image)
> >  File "/usr/lib/python/site-packages/PIL/ImageTk.py", line 113, in paste
> >    self.__photo.tk.call("PyImagingPhoto", self.__photo, block.id)
> >TclError: invalid command name "PyImagingPhoto"
> >rsomerfield at FullCycle:~/SGE/sge >
> >
> >
>