Successfully Compiling 2.2.2 w/Tkinter under OS X

[Brian Lenihan]

Tim Jones <tjones at tolisgroup.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.1036097407.20112.python-list at python.org>...
> Actually, it's AquaTK with tcl/tk 8.4.1 in Aqua mode (tcl/tk apps from 
> my Solaris and Linux systems work okay with the built version). 
> macpython-sig answers were to use macpython.  Unfortunately, this only 
> provide Tkinter support under Classic, not OS X.
> 
> Queries to other Mac and OS X oriented lists have resulted in silence. 
> I'm sure that someone has gotten Python and Tkinter working under Aqua 
> on OS X.

You have a couple choices:

1) Use 2.3a0 from CVS.  It works with AquaTk as-is.
2) Cut and paste the relevant portion of setup.py from 2.3.a0 into
the setup.py of 2.2.2.  The part you need is in detect_tkinter_darwin()

8.4.1 seems to have fixed most of the obvious OS X problems.