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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear All,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am trying to build PIL 1.1.4 on a RedHat Enterprise AS 3 Update 3 box,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">but it fails at the process:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> python setup.py build</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">in that it complains:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">_imagingtk.c:20:16: tk.h: No such file or directory</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">and then crashed out. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">There were no errors reported when I followed the installation README file until this step.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have attached an extract of the error here.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I then tried to copy a tk.h file from a RedHat 9 system, and repeated the build process.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It gives more tk.h syntax errors unfortunately.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Anyone has got any idea how to fix this?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">By the way, the system has the following installed:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">freetype-2.1.4-4.0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">gnome-python2-1.99.14-5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">gnome-python2-bonobo-1.99.14-5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">gnome-python2-canvas-1.99.14-5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">gnome-python2-gtkhtml2-1.99.14-5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">libjpeg-6b-30</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">libxml2-python-2.5.10-6</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">mod_python-3.0.3-3.ent</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">MySQL-python-0.9.1-6</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">python-2.2.3-5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">python-devel-2.2.3-5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">python-optik-1.4.1-2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">rh-postgresql-python-7.3.6-7</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">rpm-python-4.2.3-10</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">zlib-1.1.4-8.1</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">zlib-devel-1.1.4-8.1</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I have noticed that most of the libraries are residine under /usr/lib</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">rather than /usr/local/lib as expected in Setup.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thank you.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Peter Chiu</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Space Science & Technology Department</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Building R25, Room 1.27</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Chilton</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Didcot</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Oxfordshire</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">OX11 0QX</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">UK</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Phone: +44-(0)1235-446699</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Fax: </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> +44-(0)1235-445848</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Email:</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">P.Chiu@rl.ac.uk </FONT>
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