[Pythonmac-SIG] Stranger in a Strange Land

[Jason Van Anden]

On Apr 5, 2004, at 10:22 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote:

>
> On Apr 5, 2004, at 9:53 PM, Jason Van Anden wrote:
>
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>> On Apr 5, 2004, at 3:02 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 5, 2004, at 2:36 PM, Jason Van Anden wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 5, 2004, at 11:30 AM, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 5, 2004, at 11:13 AM, Jens Miltner wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>> Am 05.04.2004 um 16:21 schrieb Jason Van Anden:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ImportError: No module named _tkinter
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You'll need to install the Tkinter module. I installed _tkinter 
>>>>>> via the Python Package Manager (you may need to install the 
>>>>>> MacPython addons to get this on Mac OS X 10.3) and the TkAqua 
>>>>>> installation from 
>>>>>> <http://www.maths.mq.edu.au/~steffen/tcltk/TclTkAqua/>.
>>>>>
>>>>> But you need to do that in the opposite order..  _tkinter won't 
>>>>> install unless you already have TclTkAqua.
>>>>> The MacPython addons for Panther package is at: 
>>>>> http://homepages.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython/index.html>
>>>>> A good place to look for more information is: 
>>>>> http://pythonmac.org/wiki/FAQ
>>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the advice -- after doing so tho, I am still getting the 
>>>> same error message.
>>>
>>> That error very specifically means that Tkinter is not completely 
>>> installed, no more no less.  You will not get that error if you 
>>> followed the directions exactly:
>>> 	(a) install TclTkAqua
>>> 	(b) install the MacPython Addons for Panther
>>> 	(c) install the Tkinter package from the PackageManager application 
>>> that came with the MacPython Addons
>>> 	(d) running your python script(s) with the correct interpreter, 
>>> /usr/bin/pythonw
>>>
>> Thank you for all of the help.  I will not get a chance to try this 
>> until tomorrow.  Do I need to remove what I have done up to this 
>> point before following following these directions?
>
> If you have installed a Jaguar Python at some point (telltale sign 
> will be the path /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework), then you 
> should remove it.  Instructions to do so are linked from the FAQ.  If 
> this is the case, you should also re-install the MacPython Addons for 
> Panther, to be certain that /Applications/MacPython-2.3 contains the 
> application stubs that point to the vendor provided python 
> interpreter.
>
> Other than that, I can't think of anything that would really get in 
> your way.  Unless you've done bad things that you've yet to tell us 
> about, of course :)
>
> -bob
>
>

Thanks to everyone for all of their help.  The feedback has been super. 
  Unfortunately, I am not going to get a chance to give this a whirl 
until Wednesday night -- I will report back then.

-jason