[Q] How to use IDLE in redhat

[Cliff Wells]

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:46:44 -0600
Young-Jin Lee wrote:

> I tried just "idle" at my home directory, but to my dismay, it didn't
work.
> I got
> Traceback (innermost last):
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.2/Tools/idle/idle", line 5, in ?
>         from idlelib import idlelib
> ImportError: No module named idlelib
> 
> I also tried "idle.py" at my home directory again, but it didn't work
> either.
> I got
> Traceback (innermost last):
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.2/Tools/idle/idle/idle.py", line 3, in ?
>         import PyShell
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.2/Tools/idle/idle/PyShell.py", line 8, in ?
>         import warnings
> ImportError: No module named warnings
> 
> Moreover, the "/usr/lib/python2.x/Tools/idle" directory is on my path.
>

Remove that from your path and try again.  You want to run the idle that
resides in /usr/bin, _not_ /usr/lib/python2.x/Tools/idle.

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