On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 2:29 AM, Gerhard Häring <g...@ghaering.de> wrote: > sai wrote: >> python newbie here :-) >> >> I am trying to get turtle to run but got stuck here: >> >> $ python >> Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Aug 5 2008, 16:17:28) >> [GCC 4.2.2 20071128 (prerelease) (4.2.2-3.1mdv2008.0)] on linux2 >> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>>> import turtle >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >> ImportError: No module named turtle >> >> I have used google to search the web and the newsgroup but got >> nothing. The Linux distro is Mandriva, if that makes a difference. > > Mandriva have probably split Python into several packages. If so, > chances are one of them contains the tkinter GUI library. You should > look in your package management tool for a package called > python-tkinter, python-tk or similar and install it. > > HTH > > Gerhard >
there is a Mandriva rpm called tkinter-apps ! thanks Gerhard. sai -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list