On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am interested in learning Python, and to that end, I undertook to upgrade > my current version of Python 2.5 (available via openSUSE repositories and > YaST) to Python 2.6. I have Python 2.6 running (compiled from source [I'm > not a total bonehead]) but idle gives me the following when I invoke it in > bash: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> idle > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/local/bin/idle", line 3, in <module> > from idlelib.PyShell import main > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/idlelib/PyShell.py", line 14, in <module> > import macosxSupport > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/idlelib/macosxSupport.py", line 6, in > <module> > import Tkinter > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 39, in <module> > import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk > ImportError: No module named _tkinter > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>
Are you running on MacOS or Linux? I'm confused by the import macosxSupport. There is a known problem with IDLE on MacOSX: http://bugs.python.org/issue4017 For linux I think there is a build option to include tkinter but someone else will have to answer that one. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
