Compiling Python with Tkinter
Martin von Loewis
loewis at informatik.hu-berlin.de
Mon Dec 17 04:40:36 EST 2001
Ben Ocean <zope at thewebsons.com> writes:
> I do not have headers. I presume I could, and should, build the X
> libraries.
Not at all. You already have X libraries installed, so you should get
the corresponding header files.
> >Since you still did not mention what system you are using, it is hard
> >to suggest a procedure for installing the headers.
>
> Sorry. RH71.
Ok. 'rpm -i XFree86-devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm' should give you the
header files; fill in version and arch as appropriate.
> I don't use a GUI on my Linux box: I prefer the command line. I do serve
> Web pages. I don't even know what X11 is used for so I don't guess I
> develop any apps for it.
Then you can't use Tkinter, either - it requires an X server for use
on Linux.
> > What do you want Tkinter for if you don't use X Windows?
>
> I'm building PIL into my python to use the libraries.
That doesn't really answer the question: if you don't have X, you
don't need Tkinter, either - not even if you use PIL.
Regards,
Martin
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