[vtkusers] Re: [MayaVi-users] Tkinter not found, fedora core 2 VTK source builds with active state Tcl and python source build

[Hans Fangohr]

Hi Dan,

The reason for this could be that your Python has not been build with
Tk support (there is a switch for configure or so).

On a python prompt, can you import Tkinter?

Hans

n Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Dr. Daniel James White PhD wrote:

> hi All,
> 
> My Tkinter in not fount when trying to import ity when launching for 
> instance Mayavi.
> eg.
> 
> [root at modeling root]# mayavi
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/local/bin/mayavi", line 279, in ?
>      import Tkinter
> ImportError: No module named Tkinter
> [root at modeling root]# python
> Python 2.3.3 (#1, May 26 2004, 19:38:26)
> [GCC 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>  >>> import Tkinter
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 38, in ?
>      import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured 
> for Tk
> ImportError: No module named _tkinter
>  >>>
> [root at modeling root]#
> [root at modeling root]#
> 
> machine is fedora core 2, with  VTK source builds with active state Tcl 
> and python2.3  source build
> 
> do I have to tell the python 2.3 configure script some spacial flag to 
> get Tkinter?
> 
> Tkinter there in fedora core 2 stock python either,
> 
> cheers
> 
> Dan
> 
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