tk version woes with tkinter/python

[john connolly]

I have tk/tcl8.3 intalled and I'm trying to implement tkinter in python.
I have tried to get around the tk8.0-tk8.3 version inconsistency with a
bunch of soft links. The last error message I got is:

/usr/lib/tk8.0/tk.tcl: version conflict for package "Tk": have 8.0, need
8.3
version conflict for package "Tk": have 8.0, need 8.3
    while executing
"package require -exact Tk 8.3"
    (file "/usr/lib/tk8.0/tk.tcl" line 17)
    invoked from within
"source /usr/lib/tk8.0/tk.tcl"
    ("uplevel" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"uplevel #0 [list source $file]"

(There is a soft link from /usr/lib/tk8.0 to /usr/local/lib/8.3)

There is some place in the code that is calling for tk8.0 and I can't
find it. Any help would be appreciated.
JWC