[Tutor] problem adding Tkinter

[Kristin Wilcox]

SORRY TO ALL: PLEASE DISREGARD MY LAST EMAIL.

I kept searching through the Tutor archives and found an answer in the
Feb archives. (In Python 3 you have to type tkinter in all lower
case.)

Thanks all,
Kristin

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Kristin Wilcox <wilcoxwork at gmail.com> wrote:
> I apologize in advance for asking such a simple question! I first
> tried looking through Google, and through the last couple months of
> this list's archives, and I found some talk about my issue out there
> but not a detailed enough answer to help someone as new as me.
>
> This is my first programming language, so most explanations of this
> stuff go way over my head!
>
> [This is my problem:] I've been using IDLE successfully to do very
> very simple exercises in Python, and now I wanted to start on some
> very simple exercises including the Tkinter library. But it looks like
> it's not set up right and I don't know how to do what I need to do to
> adjust.. whatever needs to be adjusted.
>
> I did the tests listed here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter
>
> I failed at step 2:
> -----
> Step 2 - can Tkinter be imported?
>
> Try the following command at the Python prompt:
>
>>>> import Tkinter # no underscore, uppercase 'T'
>
>    * If it works, go to step 3.
>    * If it fails with "No module named Tkinter", your Python
> configuration need to be changed to include the directory that
> contains Tkinter.py in its default module search path. You have
> probably forgotten to define TKPATH in the Modules/Setup file. A
> temporary workaround would be to find that directory and add it to
> your PYTHONPATH environment variable. It is the subdirectory named
> "lib-tk" of the Python library directory (when using Python 1.4 or
> before, it is named "tkinter").
> ------
> I could do import _tkinter but not import Tkinter
>
> This is what I received back from the Shell:
>>>> import _tkinter
>>>> import Tkinter
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
>    import Tkinter
> ImportError: No module named Tkinter
>>>>
>
>
> Unfortunately, the instructions they gave on what to do if Step 2
> fails read like Greek to me. I don't know what a PYTHONPATH is, I
> don't remember doing anything with a Modules/Setup file, and I don't
> know what an environment variable is, or what to do with
> subdirectories.
>
> I am running Windows XP. Installed Python 3.1, and IDLE seems to be
> working okay...
>
> When I go to C:\Python31 I see these folders:
> DLLs
> Doc
> include
> Lib
> libs
> tcl
> Tools
>
> There are 3 .exe files:
> python.exe
> pythonw.exe
> w9xpopen.exe
>
> I see something called _tkinter.lib in the folder C:\Python31\libs
> There is a folder called tkinter inside the folder Lib (C:\Python31\Lib\tkinter)
>
> Would someone be able to spell out to me in every detailed steps
> exactly what I should do, assuming I know pretty much nothing about
> programming or installing a programming language, so that when I put
> import Tkinter it doesn't error?
>
> Thank you very much for reading!
>
> -Kristin
>