Starting IDLE in SuSE 7.2

[Siegfried Gonzi]

Craig Mellen wrote:
> Obviously, new to Python.....How do I start IDLE in SuSE 7.2? Installed
> are tix,tcl/tk,python, python-tkinter; What am I missing?
> 

If your idle is properly installed create a file in the directory /etc 
namely "profile.local" and write the path of your Python bin into it. 
Here my Python bin resides in the following folder:

PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/ActivePython-2.2/bin

[Maybe yours reside in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin]


If you encounter problems with idle try to obtain ActiveState Python.

If you want to include a search path with Python, write a similar 
example  into "profile.local":

PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:/home/gonzi/Wissenschaft/Dissertation

Now the above path is visible in Python (you can now include "*.py" 
files which reside in the above folder).

S. Gonzi