Re: ActiveState Python v2.5 doesn't come with Tkinter or Tk installed.
- From: "Guilherme Polo" <ggpolo@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:41:17 -0300
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Russell E. Owen <rowen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <mailman.1599.1218728477.922.python-list@xxxxxxxxxx>,
"Dudeja, Rajat" <rajat.dudeja@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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