Your python is missing the _tkinter library, so it cannot use Tkinter. Normally if you build from source then all you have to do is build and install tcl and tk first, then build python and it should find the tcl/tk and build _tkinter (the library that links to Tcl/Tk and allows Tkinter to work).
If you installed from an RPM or some such then perhaps you need to get some additional RPMs. If you have additional questions about installing python with Tkinter support I suggest you post to the python-tkinter mailing list (gmane.comp.python.tkinter on gmane). -- Russell In article <7483f0868d484ae6a0a7ddb5bfbfd...@newhome>, "Paul Simon" <psi...@sonic.net> wrote: > I have the "tkinter" problem and need some assistance to straighten it out. > >From the web page "http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter"; I tested as in "step > 1" and cannot import "_tkinter." I do not have that file on my computer, but > do have tkinter.py in /usr/local/lib/python2.6/lib-tk. as well as the > directories /usr/lib/tk8.5 and /usr/lib/tcl8.5. > This matplotlib and python stuff is great, but the documentation frequently > feels like it is just a bit out of my grasp. I realize that all of this is > free but I understand the instructions on the web page to repair only to the > point of confusion. I'm not an expert. How do I modify my python > configuration? Is there a file that needs to be edited? Which setup.py file > do I use? Make? or python setup.py build and python setup.py install? > Thanks. I appreciate your help. > Paul Simon > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have > the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize > details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
