[Tkinter-discuss] is it possible to use a local tcl/tk with a local python?

[Michael Lange]

Thus spoketh Mark Summerfield <list at qtrac.plus.com> 
unto us on Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:46:33 +0100:


> What I'd really like to do is have:
> 
> ~/opt/python31tk85
> ~/opt/python32tk85
> ~/opt/python33tk85
> 
> ~/opt/python31tk86
> ~/opt/python32tk86
> ~/opt/python33tk86
> 
> where these are built with one of these:
> 
> ~/opt/tcltk85
> ~/opt/tcltk86
> 
> But I can't figure out how to tell Python's configure to use a local
> Tcl/Tk.

I remember that I have been struggling with the same problem some time
ago and never found a really satisfying solution. IIRC what worked best
here was to temporarily remove the system default tcl/tk development
packages and then do something like
  $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/opt/tcltk85
before running ./configure .

Regards

Michael


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