Tix.Tk() on Mac Intel

[Kevin Walzer]

Alan wrote:
> Hi List!
> 
> I have I Macbook Pro Intel running OSX 10.4.10.
> 
> I downloaded Python 2.5 and tried
> TclTkAquaBI-8.4.10.0.dmg, but I got:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> File 
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/lib-tk/Tix.py", 
> 
> line 210, in __init__
>   self.tk.eval('package require Tix')
> _tkinter.TclError: no suitable image found.  Did find:
>       /Library/Tcl/Tix8.4/libTix8.4.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
> 
> Which make sense since tcltkaqua is released only for PPC. Googling a
> bit, since tcltkaqua stopped development, I found they recommended
> ActiveTcl, but Tix is not included in the package.
> 
> So removing tcltkaqua and ActiveTcl, when trying Tix.Tk() I got:
>>>> Tix.Tk()
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> File 
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/lib-tk/Tix.py", 
> 
> line 210, in __init__
>   self.tk.eval('package require Tix')
> _tkinter.TclError: can't find package Tix
> 
> The only way I got Tix.Tk() working so far was using Fink but I want
> the nice aqua visual for python. Is there any way of getting it
> working?
> 
> I would appreciate any help here.
> Many thanks in advance.
> Cheers,
> Alan

You'll need to build Tix yourself from source, and Tix must be built in 
the same directory as the Tcl/Tk source tree (so you'll at least need to 
download and untar those source trees).

-- 
Kevin Walzer
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