ActiveState Python v2.5 doesn't come with Tkinter or Tk installed.

[Guilherme Polo]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Russell E. Owen <rowen at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> In article <mailman.1599.1218728477.922.python-list at python.org>,
>  "Dudeja, Rajat" <rajat.dudeja at aeroflex.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> So, now I've finally started using Eclipse and PyDev as an IDE for my
>> GUI Application. I just wrote some sample programs as an hands on.
>>
>> Now I would like to take up Tkinter. I'm using Active State Python
>> version 2.5 and found that there is not Tkinter and Tk module in it.
>>
>> To use Tkinter do I actually require Tk installed on my machine? Please
>> suggest and where can I find both these modules?
>>
>> Also, please direct me to a good and short document on using Tkinter or
>> Tk in Python.
>
> What operating system?
>
> For MacOS X this should not happen because Tcl/Tk is already available.
> But the best Python for MacOS X is the binary installer from python.org
> and the best Tcl/Tk is ActiveState version 8.4.19 (the Tcl/Tk that comes
> with MacOS X 10.4 and 10.5 is rather old and buggy).
>
> For Windows: the standard python.org binary Python includes its own
> Tcl/Tk. So the simplest solution is to use that. I know nothing about
> ActiveState's Python for Windows but it is possible that it requires
> ActiveState Tcl/Tk to use Tkinter.
>
> For unix: I'm not sure about ActiveState and unix. But the standard
> package installer that comes with your unix should offer tcl/tk, python
> and _tkinter (possibly as 3 separate packages, possibly not) and at
> least tcl/tk and python should be installed by default.
>
> In general ActiveState puts out a very nice Tcl/Tk installer that
> includes many useful extra packages. But I've never seen the point to
> ActiveState's Python installer. When I last tried it, their Python was
> missing readline and did not add any useful packages to the standard
> python.org version.
>
> For info on Tkinter: <http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter>
>
> -- Russell
>
> P.S. if you do install Tcl/Tk to use with Tkinter, please use 8.4.x, NOT
> 8.5. Python 2.5.x is not fully compatible with Tcl/Tk 8.5.

Could you clarify what you mean when you say "not fully compatible
with Tcl/Tk 8.5" ?

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