RPM for Python 1.5.2 ?

[steve_w at localhost.localdomain]

On 23 Aug 1999 19:03:03 GMT, Amit Patel <amitp at Xenon.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>| > On Sun, Aug 08, 1999 at 10:12:49PM +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>| > > David Young wrote:
>| > > >
>| > > > Has anyone built an RPM for Python 1.5.2 ? I think it's sort of curious
>| > > > that RedHat hasn't already. Anyway, I'm building my own package right now,
>| > > > but I'm afraid I might be wasting my time....
>| > >
>| > > Try:
>| > >
>| > >       http://www.andrich.net/python/download.html
>
>
>I had good luck with these RPMs on RH 6 except  when I tried
>installing the Tkinter stuff:
>
>  # rpm -Uvh python-_tkinter-1.5.2-2.i386.rpm 
>  error: failed dependencies:
>          blt >= 2.4c is needed by python-_tkinter-1.5.2-2
>          libBLT.so.2 is needed by python-_tkinter-1.5.2-2
>
>I don't know what blt is!  I did erase RH's tkinter package, but it
>didn't help.  Do I need to install Tcl/Tk extensions to make it work
>with Python?  :(  

blt is a set of widgets for TK, so look for a blt RPM wherever your
RH 6.0 distribution keeps TCL/TK RPMS.


Steve W.