To the point of defeat.....IDLE

[Chris Nelson]

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> Don't despair Chris, I have been able to run IDLE and 2.0 with no problems 
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> on Mandrake 7.2. Perhaps the community would be able to help you more if 
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> you described your exact problem in greater detail.
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> I am running 2.0 from rpm and IDLE 0.7.1 from a tarball accessible here:
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> http://sourceforge.net/project/idlefork/
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> I'd be glad to help, I just don't know what your problem is!

Thank you for responding. Let me tell you where I am in this process.
I'll start with what my Red Hat 7 System will typically have on it

tcl 8.3-1
tk  8.3-1
python 1.5.2
tkinter for 1.5.2

There is an optional rpm package called "Python tools" which if 
installed give you IDLE.(assoicated with the 1.5.2 python)

First off I can't use the Python2.0 BeOpen RPM at python.org ...When I 
attempt to. The systemsill complain about library dependencies for tcl 
and tk 8.0.

If I download the source for BeOpen 2.0 and do a  "./configure" "make" 
and "make install" the BeOpen software installs.

However...
If I try to bring up IDLE...it is associated with the 1.5.2 interpreter.

What do I need to do so IDLE will wun with 2.0 instead?

Thanks,
Chris Nelson