[Pythonmac-SIG] Tkinter problems

[Bob Ippolito]

On May 2, 2005, at 12:49 PM, Chris Fonnesbeck wrote:

> I am attempting to get Tkinter working on a new Powerbook, but seem
> unable to do so (works fine on my old 'book). I have installed the
> Panther add-ons and TclTkAqua (Batteries included). However, nothing
> involving Tcltk seems to work. Idle dies:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/ 
> bin/idle",
> line 3, in ?
>     from idlelib.PyShell import main
>   File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/ 
> lib/python2.3/idlelib/PyShell.py",
> line 19, in ?
>     from Tkinter import *
>   File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/ 
> lib/python2.3/lib-tk/Tkinter.py",
> line 38, in ?
>     import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be  
> configured for Tk
> ImportError: No module named _tkinter
>
> And the package manager comes up empty. Is there any way to fix this?

Get the _tkinter package from the "Mac OS X 10.3 (stock Python  
2.3.0)" section at http://pythonmac.org/packages/

-bob