[Pythonmac-SIG] Trouble with MacPython 2.3 on 10.2.6

[Jack Jansen]

I'm going to reply only to the relevant parts here, and there's more 
homework for
Adam:-)

On woensdag, 6 augustus 2003, at 20:01PM, Adam Augustine wrote:
>>>>> You have to type in the import MacOS and MacOS.WMAvailable()  .. 
>>>>> at   this point you *should* see a bouncing trapezoid icon in the 
>>>>> dock.   If  you *do* see it, then I have no idea why 
>>>>> PackageManager won't  work.  If  either of these behaves 
>>>>> differently for you, post your  results to the  list and we may be 
>>>>> able to figure it out from there.   There shouldn't  be any G4 
>>>>> specific code in the distribution.  Did  you install Tcl/Tk  
>>>>> before or after Python 2.3?
>>>>> -bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Worked just as you said it should. Nice bouncing 16 ton 
>>>> paperweight(?)  in the dock (which properly (I suppose) disappears 
>>>> when I ctrl-d at  the python prompt).

Ok, next step is to try running the applets from the Terminal command 
line. Try running
% Applications/MacPython-2.3/PythonIDE.app/Contents/MacOS/PythonIDE
and tell us whether that gives you a working IDE.

Also, are there any things you have in your setup that are 
non-standard, such as using a third-party Finder, or having replaced 
the standard shell or something like that?

Oh yes, do you have anything strange (or, actually, anything at all) in 
your .MacOSX/Environment.plist file?

Are you running this as the same user ID as the one you installed with? 
Does it have admin privileges?

> What are the chances that the original version of python (which comes 
> with 10.2.x) is causing problems with MacPython?

No problem that we know of, or can imagine.

> Something I have noticed is that even running /usr/local/bin/pythonw 
> and trying (per the troubleshooting FAQs on python.org) "import 
> _tkinter" fails, saying "No module named _tkinter" which strikes me as 
> strange since (or maybe I misunderstood) MacPython includes all the 
> necessary stuff for tkinter...

No, MacPython does *not* contain _tkinter. You can download and install 
it through the Package Manager, once you get that to work. I think the 
chances of this problem having anything to do with _tkinter are pretty 
small.