BLT installation woes under W98 (Python 2.1)
Peter Brown
phbrown at acm.org
Tue Apr 24 22:17:06 EDT 2001
I got it! (At least, it looks like I got it--the BLT-dependent demos
of Pmw now run. I have not started using the setup for real work.)
What I did:
- Stock Python install. I dropped back to 2.0 (Pmw 0.8.5 passes its
tests in 2.0 and doesn't in 2.1), so my Python went into
C:/Python20. (Note: I know of no reason why this wouldn't work with
2.1. I just haven't tested it there.)
- Install BLT 2.4u into C:/Python20/tcl, using BLT's installer (the
one for Tcl/Tk 8.3). This gives you bin, include, and lib subdirs
of C:/Python/tcl, with all the BLT stuff in them.
- Copy C:/Python20/tcl/lib/blt2.4 into C:/Python20/tcl/tcl8.3.
- Put the BLT DLLs in a directory on your PATH (not necessarily a
system directory, just has to be on your PATH).
And it works. (For me--usual disclaimers apply.) I did not move any
of the other BLT files.
Thanks *very* much to Norman Charnley and Kevin Rodgers for pointers.
Peace,
--Peter
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