New submission from Adam Stewart <ajstewart...@gmail.com>:
I'm trying to install Python with tkinter support using the Spack package
manager. Spack adds the following flags to configure during install:
```
'--with-tcltk-libs=-L/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tcl-8.6.11-n7nea33urrk25rkoqpsc2tdcgai5u4z2/lib
-ltcl8.6
-L/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tk-8.6.11-ydmhrbboheucxsuhrnyoxqaihgna5dfe/lib
-ltk8.6'
```
It also sets the following environment variables:
```
TCLLIBPATH='/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tcl-8.6.11-n7nea33urrk25rkoqpsc2tdcgai5u4z2/lib/tcl8.6
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tk-8.6.11-ydmhrbboheucxsuhrnyoxqaihgna5dfe/lib/tcl8.6
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tk-8.6.11-ydmhrbboheucxsuhrnyoxqaihgna5dfe/lib64/tcl8.6';
export TCLLIBPATH
TCL_LIBRARY=/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tcl-8.6.11-n7nea33urrk25rkoqpsc2tdcgai5u4z2/lib;
export TCL_LIBRARY
```
The install seems to correctly pick up tk/tcl and builds correctly. However,
when I try to use tkinter, I see the following run-time error:
```
$ python
Python 3.8.10 (default, May 27 2021, 13:28:01)
[Clang 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import tkinter
>>> tkinter._test()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File
"/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/python-3.8.10-fkj5vkn3tpottyv6yqoj5ucz2emstpvo/lib/python3.8/tkinter/__init__.py",
line 4557, in _test
root = Tk()
File
"/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/python-3.8.10-fkj5vkn3tpottyv6yqoj5ucz2emstpvo/lib/python3.8/tkinter/__init__.py",
line 2270, in __init__
self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive,
wantobjects, useTk, sync, use)
_tkinter.TclError: Can't find a usable tk.tcl in the following directories:
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tk-8.6.11-ydmhrbboheucxsuhrnyoxqaihgna5dfe/lib
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tcl-8.6.11-n7nea33urrk25rkoqpsc2tdcgai5u4z2/lib/tcl8.6/tk8.6
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tcl-8.6.11-n7nea33urrk25rkoqpsc2tdcgai5u4z2/lib/tcl8.6/tk8.6/Resources/Scripts
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tk-8.6.11-ydmhrbboheucxsuhrnyoxqaihgna5dfe/lib/tcl8.6/tk8.6
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tk-8.6.11-ydmhrbboheucxsuhrnyoxqaihgna5dfe/lib/tcl8.6/tk8.6/Resources/Scripts
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tk-8.6.11-ydmhrbboheucxsuhrnyoxqaihgna5dfe/lib64/tcl8.6/tk8.6
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tk-8.6.11-ydmhrbboheucxsuhrnyoxqaihgna5dfe/lib64/tcl8.6/tk8.6/Resources/Scripts
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-ca
talina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tcl-8.6.11-n7nea33urrk25rkoqpsc2tdcgai5u4z2/lib/tk8.6
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tcl-8.6.11-n7nea33urrk25rkoqpsc2tdcgai5u4z2/lib/tk8.6/Resources/Scripts
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tcl-8.6.11-n7nea33urrk25rkoqpsc2tdcgai5u4z2/tk8.6
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/tcl-8.6.11-n7nea33urrk25rkoqpsc2tdcgai5u4z2/tk8.6/Resources/Scripts
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/python-3.8.10-fkj5vkn3tpottyv6yqoj5ucz2emstpvo/lib/tk8.6
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/python-3.8.10-fkj5vkn3tpottyv6yqoj5ucz2emstpvo/lib/tk8.6/Resources/Scripts
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/python-3.8.10-fkj5vkn3tpottyv6yqoj5ucz2emstpvo/lib/tk8.6
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/darwin-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/lib/tk8.6
/Users/Adam/spack/opt/spack/dar
win-catalina-x86_64/apple-clang-12.0.0/python-3.8.10-fkj5vkn3tpottyv6yqoj5ucz2emstpvo/library
This probably means that tk wasn't installed properly.
```
It seems that tkinter searches for tk.tcl in `<prefix>/lib`, but tk.tcl is
actually installed in `<prefix>/lib/tk8.6`. I asked the tk developers, but it
looks like `<prefix>/lib/tk8.6` is indeed the correct installation location:
https://core.tcl-lang.org/tk/tktview/447bd3e4abe17452d19a80e6840dcc8a2603fcbc
Is there a way to tell tkinter where to find tk.tcl? If not, can we modify the
default search path to search in `<prefix>/lib/tk8.6`?
Related to https://github.com/spack/spack/issues/23780
----------
components: Tkinter
messages: 394584
nosy: ajstewart
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: tkinter searches for tk.tcl in wrong directory
type: crash
versions: Python 3.8
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