On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Daniel Fetchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I >> am happy to announce the release of Python 3.0 final. >> >> Python 3.0 (a.k.a. "Python 3000" or "Py3k") represents a major >> milestone in Python's history, and was nearly three years in the >> making. This is a new version of the language that is incompatible >> with the 2.x line of releases, while remaining true to BDFL Guido van >> Rossum's vision. Some things you will notice include: >> >> * Fixes to many old language warts >> * Removal of long deprecated features and redundant syntax >> * Improvements in, and a reorganization of, the standard library >> * Changes to the details of how built-in objects like strings and >> dicts work >> * ...and many more new features >> >> While these changes were made without concern for backward >> compatibility, Python 3.0 still remains very much "Pythonic". >> >> We are confident that Python 3.0 is of the same high quality as our >> previous releases, such as the recently announced Python 2.6. We will >> continue to support and develop both Python 3 and Python 2 for the >> foreseeable future, and you can safely choose either version (or both) >> to use in your projects. Which you choose depends on your own needs >> and the availability of third-party packages that you depend on. Some >> other things to consider: >> >> * Python 3 has a single Unicode string type; there are no more 8-bit >> strings >> * The C API has changed considerably in Python 3.0 and third-party >> extension modules you rely on may not yet be ported >> * Tools are available in both Python 2.6 and 3.0 to help you migrate >> your code >> * Python 2.6 is backward compatible with earlier Python 2.x releases >> >> We encourage you to participate in Python 3.0's development process by >> joining its mailing list: >> >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 >> >> If you find things in Python 3.0 that are broken or incorrect, please >> submit bug reports at: >> >> http://bugs.python.org/ >> >> For more information, links to documentation, and downloadable >> distributions, see the Python 3.0 website: >> >> http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/ >> >> Enjoy, >> - -Barry >> >> Barry Warsaw >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Python 2.6/3.0 Release Manager >> (on behalf of the entire python-dev team) > > uname -a > > Linux fetch 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 #1 SMP Tue Oct 30 13:18:33 EDT 2007 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > tar xzvf Python-3.0.tgz > cd Python-3.0 > ./configure > make > > Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules: > _tkinter
Do you have Tcl/Tk and their dev libs installed? Tkinter is based on Tcl/Tk. Also, that error isn't fatal, it just means that Tkinter won't be installed because it can't find the libs. Cheers, Chris -- Follow the path of the Iguana... http://rebertia.com > To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for > the module's name. > > > Cheers, > Daniel > > > > > -- > Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list