Tk not working. Help! :-)

[Erik Max Francis]

Adolfo wrote:

> First Issue.
> I came home to review the GUI making code I wa given at my first
> Python workshop to find out that the TK of my Python installation is
> stuck somewhere.
> 
> If I type:
> 
>                 from Tkinter import *
> 
> I get the following message:
> 
>                 ImportError: No module named Tkinter

This means that your current Python installation apparently doesn't have
Tkinter support builtin.  Try rebuilding it (which is what you're doing
anyway) ...

> Second Issue:
> I have RedHat Linux 9.1 which came loaded with Python 2.2.2 and
> TK-tcl. I downloaded and un-tar Python 2.3.2  (because it claims to
> address various bugs) but the Python prompt still reads 2.2.2

You'll need to install the new Python.  This means more than just
untarring it; you have to go through the ./configure && make && make
install sequence to actually get it configured, built, and installed.

If you're running Red Hat, you probably would rather install an rpm,
since that way Red Hat can manage the dependencies.  See the Red Hat
HOWTOs for how to do this.

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