[Pythonmac-SIG] How do you install TkInter for python 2.4 (on 10.3)

[Robert Kern]

Chris Barker wrote:
> Thanks Bob.
> 
> Bob Ippolito wrote:
> 
>>On Jun 16, 2005, at 4:46 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> 
>>>Is it part of the standard install now?
>>
>>Yes, from <http://undefined.org/python/#python>:
>>Unlike typical builds, this one has all the stock goodies:
>>
>>readline 5.0.005 (static)
>>BerkeleyDB 4.3.27 (static)
>>waste (static)
>>Tcl/Tk Aqua 8.4.9 (dynamic - you'll need TclTkAqua to use Tkinter if  
>>using on Mac OS X 10.3)
> 
> Does that mean that TclTkAqua comes with 10.4 ?

Yes.

[~] kern$ ls -d /System/Library/Frameworks/{Tcl,Tk}.framework/
/System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/ 
/System/Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/

> I'd still like to know why you haven't put this on pythonmac.org . I'm a 
> big believer in one-stop shopping.
> 
> I'm writing up instructions for building matplotlib, so I wanted to know 
> what to tell people that wanted matpotlib to work with TK.
> 
> I'll be sending you new matplotlib installers soon, one for 2.3.0, and 
> one for 2.4 (built on 10.3)

I have had problems with matplotlib/Tk/Python2.4 on Tiger with both the 
Apple-installed frameworks and freshly downloaded ones. Python freezes 
for a long time (I haven't timed it; maybe for a half-hour?) and then 
drops a nice crash window with a stack trace in the Tcl internals. I 
haven't been able to track down the problem, but it is 
matplotlib-specific. I recommend wxPython 2.6.1 on Tiger for matplotlib.

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