On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:36:38 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Steven D'Aprano > <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> It's only when I actually try to do something that requires an X >> display that it will fail. I won't show the entire traceback, because >> it is long and not particularly enlightening, but the final error >> message explains exactly why it isn't working: >> >> _tkinter.TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable > > You presumably have a system to test this on. Can you try using ssh -X > to get to it, and then retry that action? It looks like you actually > have everything you need, just no display... which is exactly what you'd > get if you ssh to something that has a real GUI. Not a dependency > problem.
I didn't say it was a dependency problem. I'm just demonstrating that it is possible for tkinter code to fail even if all the dependencies are met; and on the other hand, it is useful to be able to import tkinter even if you cannot display any tkinter windows. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
