[Tutor] Re: problems with py 2.3.2

[Alan Trautman]

Hans,

I have had this happen to me and I have found 2 solutions:
1. Go to the Tcl site and install the latest version of Tcl
http://www.scriptics.com/
2. Install active state python and that seems to fix it.
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/

Both of these have worked although the first seems more reliable.

Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: Hans Nowak [mailto:hans at zephyrfalcon.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:23 PM
To: tutor at python.org
Subject: [Tutor] Re: problems with py 2.3.2


gil at tuckers.de wrote:
> 
> greetings,
>                  I wonder if anyone is or has had problems
> installing the latest Python release. Well several times
> I tried to get it right after downloading- Getting it on Windows
> 2000 pro isw easy but it never works properly for the IDE
> doesn`t come when you call it. The command side in DOS is 
> fine but the GUI and ther modules never show up.
> When I install I try to put it in different filkes, but no way.
> 
> So I giave up and just use the Python 2.1 release. Maybe 
> some one somewhere mighthave sometip or tips,
>  sincereley gil

Python 2.3's IDLE doesn't work for me either, because my Tcl/Tk installed is

messed up, and I am too lazy^H^H^H^Hbusy to fix it.  The problem might be 
related to the fact that I have various Pythons installed (1.5.2, 2.1, 2.2, 
2.3) plus some other things that installed their own Tk libraries.

To find out if you have the same problem, grab a command shell and do:

cd c:\python23\Tools\idle
c:\python23\python.exe idle.py

(assuming you installed in c:\python23)

I get a bunch of errors here complaining about Tcl.  The errors on your
screen 
may be of a different nature, I don't know.

It's not the end of the world if IDLE doesn't work, though.  There are other

shells and IDEs around.  If you're using it primarily as an interactive 
interpreter, try PyCrust (bundled with wxPython).  If you're using it as an 
editor, there are oodles of alternatives around: Komodo, SPE, LEO, vi,
emacs, 
Zeus, PythonWin, etc.

HTH,

-- 
Hans (hans at zephyrfalcon.org)
http://zephyrfalcon.org/



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