[Tutor] Total newbie question

2017-01-03 Thread MR ZenWiz
I'm trying to install python 4.6 on my Xubuntu 16.04 desktop, and I keep getting scads of errors that culminate with this from make test: running build running build_ext INFO: Can't locate Tcl/Tk libs and/or headers warning: building with the bundled copy of libffi is deprecated on this platform.

Re: [Tutor] Total newbie question

2017-01-03 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 03/01/17 01:21, MR ZenWiz wrote: > I'm trying to install python 4.6 on my Xubuntu 16.04 desktop, I assume you mean Python 3.6? And my first question is why? Do you have some specific features in 3.6 that you need? Otherwise just go with the latest version in your package manager which will prob

Re: [Tutor] Total newbie question

2017-01-03 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 02Jan2017 17:21, MR ZenWiz wrote: I'm trying to install python 4.6 on my Xubuntu 16.04 desktop, and I keep getting scads of errors that culminate with this from make test: running build running build_ext INFO: Can't locate Tcl/Tk libs and/or headers You lack the tk development libraries an

Re: [Tutor] Total newbie question

2017-01-03 Thread Peter Otten
Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 02Jan2017 17:21, MR ZenWiz wrote: >>I'm trying to install python 4.6 on my Xubuntu 16.04 desktop, and I >>keep getting scads of errors that culminate with this from make test: >> >>running build >>running build_ext >>INFO: Can't locate Tcl/Tk libs and/or headers > > Y

Re: [Tutor] Total newbie question

2017-01-03 Thread MR ZenWiz
Forgot to include the list. On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:37 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote: > On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: >> Cameron Simpson wrote: >> >>> On 02Jan2017 17:21, MR ZenWiz wrote: I'm trying to install python 4.6 on my Xubuntu 16.04 desktop, and I >>>

Re: [Tutor] Total newbie question

2017-01-03 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 03Jan2017 17:07, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: Cameron Simpson wrote: On 02Jan2017 17:21, MR ZenWiz wrote: I'm trying to install python 4.6 on my Xubuntu 16.04 desktop, [...] INFO: Can't locate Tcl/Tk libs and/or headers You lack the tk development libraries and/or headers. Try (as

Re: [Tutor] Total newbie question

2017-01-04 Thread Peter Otten
MR ZenWiz wrote: > Forgot to include the list. > > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:37 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: >>> Cameron Simpson wrote: >>> On 02Jan2017 17:21, MR ZenWiz wrote: >I'm trying to install python 4.6 on my X

Re: [Tutor] Total newbie question

2017-01-04 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 03Jan2017 17:07, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: >> >> Cameron Simpson wrote: >>> >>> On 02Jan2017 17:21, MR ZenWiz wrote: I'm trying to install python 4.6 on my Xubuntu 16.04 desktop, [...] INFO: Can't locate Tcl/Tk

Re: [Tutor] Total newbie question

2017-01-04 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 04/01/17 06:51, MR ZenWiz wrote: > It appears that while python is installed in /usr/bin, idle is in > /usr/local/bin and expects the python interpreter to be also under > /usr/local, which does not seem to be the default. > > I created a symlink 'ln -s /usr/bin/python3.5 > /usr/local/bin/pyth