Re: [Tutor] Python3.0 and Tkinter on ubuntu 8.10 HOWTO

2009-01-15 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 03:38:20PM -0500, Vern Ceder wrote: > Since there was some interest in the question of how to get a full > Python 3.0, including Tkinter and IDLE, compiled on Ubuntu Intrepid > 8.10, I've written up what I've done and posted it at > http://learnpython.wordpress.com/200

Re: [Tutor] Python3.0 and Tkinter on ubuntu 8.10 HOWTO

2009-01-14 Thread Emad Nawfal (عماد نوفل)
Great source for Unicode lovers On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Robert Berman wrote: > Very good and most welcome. > > Robert Berman > > Vern Ceder wrote: > >> Since there was some interest in the question of how to get a full Python >> 3.0, including Tkinter and IDLE, compiled on Ubuntu Intrep

Re: [Tutor] Python3.0 and Tkinter on ubuntu 8.10 HOWTO

2009-01-14 Thread Robert Berman
Very good and most welcome. Robert Berman Vern Ceder wrote: Since there was some interest in the question of how to get a full Python 3.0, including Tkinter and IDLE, compiled on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10, I've written up what I've done and posted it at http://learnpython.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/

[Tutor] Python3.0 and Tkinter on ubuntu 8.10 HOWTO

2009-01-14 Thread Vern Ceder
Since there was some interest in the question of how to get a full Python 3.0, including Tkinter and IDLE, compiled on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10, I've written up what I've done and posted it at http://learnpython.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/installing-python-30-on-ubuntu/ Cheers, Vern Ceder -- This t

Re: [Tutor] python3.0 and tkinter on ubuntu 8.10

2009-01-13 Thread Robert Berman
Vern, Thanks for this post. While I do not need Python 3.0 at the moment and have no problem waiting for it to become the default for Ubuntu, I am glad it is not so glaring a problem as some, including me, thought it might be. Would you object if I posted your post to any of the still open thr

Re: [Tutor] python3.0 and tkinter on ubuntu 8.10

2009-01-13 Thread spir
Le Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:02:48 -0500, Vern Ceder a écrit : > 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.o

Re: [Tutor] python3.0 and tkinter on ubuntu 8.10

2009-01-13 Thread Emad Nawfal (عماد نوفل)
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Vern Ceder wrote: > 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. i

Re: [Tutor] python3.0 and tkinter on ubuntu 8.10

2009-01-13 Thread 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 li

Re: [Tutor] python3.0 and tkinter on ubuntu 8.10

2009-01-13 Thread Emad Nawfal (عماد نوفل)
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Robert Berman wrote: > Emad, > > A number of people in the Ubuntu community have attempted to work with > Python3.0 under Ubuntu 8.10 and almost all have found it to be a frustrating > and painful experience with some having disastrous consequences. I was > looki

Re: [Tutor] python3.0 and tkinter on ubuntu 8.10

2009-01-13 Thread Robert Berman
Emad, A number of people in the Ubuntu community have attempted to work with Python3.0 under Ubuntu 8.10 and almost all have found it to be a frustrating and painful experience with some having disastrous consequences. I was looking for the latest discussion thread on this issue in the Ubuntu

[Tutor] python3.0 and tkinter on ubuntu 8.10

2009-01-13 Thread Emad Nawfal (عماد نوفل)
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 "", line 1, in File "/usr/local/lib/python3.0/turtle.py",