about widget construction kit

[Shi Mu]

On 11/11/05, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
> Shi Mu wrote:
>
> > > > I tried to install WCK(Widget Construction Kit (WCK)):
> > > >
> > > > C:\Python23>python tkinter3000-1.0-20031212\setup.py install
> > > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > > >   File "tkinter3000-1.0-20031212\setup.py", line 23, in ?
> > > >     WCK_VERSION = setuplib.find_version("WCK/__init__.py")
> > > >   File "C:\wget2\tkinter3000-1.0-20031212\setuplib.py", line 74, in find_version
> > > > for line in open(filename).readlines():
> > > > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'WCK/__init__.py'
> > > >
> > > > I checked my files and found there is a __init__.py and got confused
> > > > why the error came out?
> > >
> > > if you're using windows, please use a prebuilt version of the WCK.
> > >
> > > I also recommend using the 1.1b1 release; it's a lot better than 1.0.
> > >
> > > if you really want to build it yourself, and you have the right compilers
> > > and all Tcl/Tk build files in the right places, change to the source directory
> > > before running the setup script.
>
> > if I run python command, I need to go
> > to the directory where python is installed, so how can I change to the
> > source directory at the same time?
>
> you're 100% sure that you have a working compiler and the right Tcl/Tk
> build files in the right place, but you don't know how to run an executable
> from another directory?
>
> hmm.
>
> here are three ways:
>
> 1. pass in the full path to the executable:
>
>    cd tkinter3000-1.0-20031212
>    c:\python23\python setup.py install
>
> 2. add the python installation directory to the path.  random
> google link:
>
>    http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm
>
> when you've updated the environment, open up a new command
> window, and do
>
>    cd tkinter3000-1.0-20031212
>    python setup.py install
>
> 3. if you used a python.org installer, it's likely that you can run
> the setup.py file directly:
>
>    cd tkinter3000-1.0-20031212
>    setup.py install
>
still confused by th first way you mentioned. If I cd
tkinter3000-1.0-20031212, i will be enter the directory witht hte
setup.py; for example, it is located as
c:\temp\tkinter3000-1.0-20031212\setup.py
However, I need to use c:\python23\python setup.py install to process
the installation, how did python know where the file of "setup.py"
located?