[Tutor] python3.0 and tkinter on ubuntu 8.10

[Vern Ceder]

Hi,

I have Python 3.0/Tkinter/IDLE working fine on Ubuntu 8.10, but it takes 
a certain amount of fiddling.

1. Make sure the stock Ubuntu Python 3.0 package is not installed

2. download the Python 3.0 source from python.org

3. install the following packages: build-essential libsqlite3-dev 
libreadline5-dev libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libssl-dev 
libgdbm-dev tk-dev

4. unpack the Python source and switch to that folder

5. build Python using the standard ./configure, make, make install 
sequence - if you want more detail/help on that process, just ask...

I'd be happy to explain this process in more detail if anyone wants...

Cheers,
Vern

> Hi Tutors,I have downloaded Python3.0 and started playing with it. I like it
> because of the utf-8 default encoding, but I'm having trouble importing
> tkinter. I get the following:
>>>> >>> import turtle
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.0/turtle.py", line 107, in <module>
>     import tkinter as TK
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.0/tkinter/__init__.py", line 39, in <module>
>     import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
> ImportError: No module named _tkinter
>>>> >>> import tkinter
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.0/tkinter/__init__.py", line 39, in <module>
>     import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
> ImportError: No module named _tkinter
>>>> >>>
> 
> Any idea how this can be solved on Ubuntu 8.10. I don't have this problem
> with the default Python installation (2.5.2)
> Thank you


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