tkinter

[Kevin McDermott]

Simon wrote:
> 
> I had the same problem with tcl, tk and mysql modules.  The problem is the
> executable doesn't look for the libs in /usr/local/lib (I haven't put much
> thought into figuring out why).  I solved the problem by making symbolic links
> to those libraries in a directory which I was sure the interpreter would read:
> /usr/lib.
> 
> From /usr/lib, enter
> 
>     ln -s /usr/local/lib/libtk8.3.so libtk.8.3.so
> 
> and so on.
> 
> I'd like to take this clutter out of /usr/lib.  Can anyone tell me how to get
> the interpreter to seek libraries in additional directories?
> 
> --S.

Simon,

add a line in /etc/ld.so.conf pointing at /usr/local/lib and run
ldconfig (as root).

That should cure your lib problems.

Kevin