IDLE not working on RedHat 9

[David MacQuigg]

Otto,

I had similar problems in Red Hat 8.  The paths in the idle startup
script were wrong, and it wouldn't even start.  I also had problems
resolving all the dependencies under Tkinter (but this may be a
problem only in Python 2.3 beta - see the bug report at
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=739424&group_id=5470&atid=105470)

I guess the burden is on the Python developers to check Red Hat's rpm
packages and make sure everything will at least start.  One thing Red
Hat could and should do is provide a way to search their packages for
a needed file.  In my case it was a missing "Xlib.h", and I had to
bother the Python developers to find out it was in the package
Xfree86-devel-4.2.0-72.

Hang in there.  Getting IDLE working is worth the effort.

- Dave

Otto Hoel <ohoel at earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<pyVya.60215$_e6.44824 at news2.east.cox.net>...
> Hi,
> Python works, but IDLE does not.  Here is what I get when trying to run it:
> 
> 
> [root at costaplenty idle]# ./idle
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./idle", line 5, in ?
>     from idlelib import IdleConf
> ImportError: No module named idlelib
> 
> [root at costaplenty idle]# ./idle.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./idle.py", line 3, in ?
>     import PyShell
>   File "./PyShell.py", line 13, in ?
>     from Tkinter import *
> ImportError: No module named Tkinter
> 
> rpm -qa reveals, among much else, the following:
> tk-8.3.5-88
> but no tcl of any kind.
> 
> Trying to find Tkinter returns nothing.  Running the package config program
> shows that python devloper packages are installed.  
> 
> What am I missing here?  Any pointers greatly appreciated.
> 
> Otto