TIX - I need help Installing

[Peter Moscatt]

<posted & mailed>

G'Day Mike,
Sorry mate.... but I have been playing around with this PC here and didn't 
manage to get to read that e-mail you sent me a couple of days ago.

Could you please resend it to me.

I am very sorry about this.

Pete
pmoscatt at bigpond.net.au


Mike Clarkson wrote:

> On Mon, 28 May 2001 15:27:02 +0200 (MET DST), Laura Creighton
> <lac at cd.chalmers.se> wrote:
> 
>>I can't install it on debian either.  I have Tk 8.2 and Tcl 8.2
>>already installed.  The last time I tried more recent software
>>I couldn't get tkinter to work at all -- have things changed?
> 
> Tkinter should work with any Tk beyond Tk 8.0.5. Python 2.x
> definitely works with Tk 8.2 (8.2.3 is the best). Python 2.x works
> with any Tk 8.3 (8.3.2 and probably 8.3.3).
> 
>>Itcl however will not work with these.  It wants a more recent version.
> Itcl should work with any 8.2 or 8.3 - I use Itcl 3.0.1 with Tk 8.2.3.
> 
>>I can't futz around with private copies of the libraries depending on
>>which software you want to run today -- I want _a_ tk, and _a_ tcl and
>>_a_ tix which I can install on our server. They need to run with
>>Python 2.1. ... I could live with 2.0 if I had to but not 1.5.2.
>>Tk and Tkinter must both run  independently of loading Tix.
> You're in luck then. As of Python 2.1, support for Tix is more cleanly
> integrated into the Python distribution. Tkinter works with Tix
> without being patched, so it works with or without Tix.
> 
>>I hate debian and want real source, not binaries.
> Great - use the source. Build Tcl/Tk 8.3.3 with
> configure --enable-shared
> and and Tix 8.1.1 with
> configure --enable-shared  --with-tclconfig= --with-tkconfig=
> (make install, and run the Tcl, Tk and Tix tests just to be sure.)
> 
> Then build Python 2.1 and setup.py *should* detect the presence of
> Tcl, Tk, and Tix dynamically. (If not, you may  have to tweak
> Modules/Setup - RTfM.)
> 
>>Possible?  Or wait for a more stable version?
> Possible and supported. setup.py under Unix/Linux
> is still evolving, but it should work well for Tix.
> 
> Mike.
>