Unresolved Problem with Tix-install (Tclerror :Couldn/t load file tix[version].so )

[Bach]

This is the answer of Drs. I.R. van der Wijk :

Hi,

I'm not on the python list, but I found your posting when googling for
the same problem. I've found a simple solution, which works for me:

[root at 1979 ivo]# python2
Python 2.1.3 (#2, Dec  1 2002, 01:50:43)
[GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)] on linux2
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import Tix
>>> root = Tix.Tk()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/usr/lib/python2.1/lib-tk/Tix.py", line 66, in __init__
    self.tk.eval('package require Tix')
TclError: couldn't load file "/usr/lib/libtix": /usr/lib/libtix.so: undefined
symbol: XLowerWindow
>>>
[root at 1979 ivo]# export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
[root at 1979 ivo]# python2
Python 2.1.3 (#2, Dec  1 2002, 01:50:43)
[GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)] on linux2
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import Tix
>>> root = Tix.Tk()
>>> root.tk.eval('package require Tix')
'8.2'
>>>


In other words, explictly preload the X11 libs.

Please forward this to the list or anyone who may find this helpfull.

Cheers

	Ivo

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