Python on Max osx and tkinter

[Ralf Wieseler]

Hello! I'm quite new to Python.

I wrote some little scripts using the "import from tkinter" Statemant
that work well on Windows and Linux. but if i try to execute them in my
Powerbook with Mac OSX 10.2.8 i get only Errors. I imorted the TKinter
Module with the Package Manager of MacPython 2.3 but it doesn't work.
My Macphython has no idea of TKinter.
Whats wrong?

Thanks for any help!

Greetz Ralf

[Ron Stephens]

Ralf Wieseler <r.wie...@t-online.de> wrote in message news:<bsedqg$rf$00$1...@news.t-online.com>...

Hmm, I also had problems gettign Tkinter properly installed on early
versions of Mac OS X. I finally did succeed, but it was difficult and
I'm not sure I can tell you what the secret was ;-(((

My best advice is to install the latest version of Mac OS X10.3
(Panther). I was successful installing Tkinter on Panther the first
time with no difficulties.

[Russell E. Owen]

In article <bsedqg$rf$00$1...@news.t-online.com>,
Ralf Wieseler <r.wie...@t-online.de> wrote:

What I did that worked on Jaguar:
- Installed MacPython 2.3 for Jaguar using the binary installer from:
<http://homepages.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython/macpython-osx.html>
- Installed Tcl/Tk 8.4.4 using the binary installer from
<http://www.maths.mq.edu.au/~steffen/tcltk/TclTkAqua/>
- Used Package Manager (in /Applications/MacPython) to install _tkinter
(and also readlines and some other useful stuff)

At that point you ought to be able to open a NEW terminal window (tcsh
caches some info, so an existing window will probably NOT work) and type
"pythonw" (not "python", that would result in a GUI you cannot bring to
the front) and you're in business:

import Tkinter
root = Tkinter.Tk()

should bring up a window. (By the way "import from tkinter" will not
work. The T in Tkinter is capitalized, and I don't think "import from
<package>" is valid python.

If that does not work for you, can you be more specific about how it
fails?

-- Russell

P.S. for Panther, you can use the same technique, but make sure you
install MacPython 2.3 for Panther instead of for Jaguar, or you'll end
up with a mess. Panther already includes a usable MacPython (and two
copies do not coexist well), so the MacPython installer only adds some
extra components.

[George Trojan]

I have Mac OS X 10.3 (7B85). Tkinter that came with the OS does not work
for me:

> trojan$ python
> Python 2.3 (#1, Sep 13 2003, 00:49:11)
> [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)] on darwin
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import Tkinter
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/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

I am a newcomer to Mac, don't know whether this is a build issue (shared
library for _tkinter was not linked) or a configuration problem.
I guess I will have to build another version, after installing Tk and X11.

George

[Aahz]

In article <bsig1m$njq$1...@nntp6.u.washington.edu>,

Russell E. Owen <n...@spam.invalid> wrote:
>
>What I did that worked on Jaguar:
>- Installed MacPython 2.3 for Jaguar using the binary installer from:
><http://homepages.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython/macpython-osx.html>
>- Installed Tcl/Tk 8.4.4 using the binary installer from
><http://www.maths.mq.edu.au/~steffen/tcltk/TclTkAqua/>
>- Used Package Manager (in /Applications/MacPython) to install _tkinter
>(and also readlines and some other useful stuff)

Thanks! That's a clear explanation that probably ought to be on the
MacPython page. (Haven't finished yet, but I'll take your word that it
works.)

>At that point you ought to be able to open a NEW terminal window (tcsh
>caches some info, so an existing window will probably NOT work) and type
>"pythonw" (not "python", that would result in a GUI you cannot bring to
>the front) and you're in business:

``rehash`` ought to find ``pythonw``
--
Aahz (aa...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/

Weinberg's Second Law: If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote
programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.

[Ralf Wieseler]

Russell E. Owen schrieb:

Thanks for your great help. That explains a lot of my troubles with
MacPython. a very useful statement. It realy should be on the MacPython
Webside cause i guess there are many people "fighting" with Tkinter and
MacPython!!
I'm really happy now!!