On Mar 21, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Kevin Buchs wrote:
> I have locked-down (by others) Linux systems, so I need my own custom install
> of Python (2.7). I have yet to get Tkinter working in the build process.
> Python will be in a non-standard location and Tcl/Tk are in a non-standard
> location. I get these messages from a "make":
>
> $ make
> running build
> running build_ext
> building dbm using gdbm
> INFO: Can't locate Tcl/Tk libs and/or headers
>
> Python build finished, but the necessary bits to build these modules were not
> found:
> _tkinter bsddb185 dl
> imageop sunaudiodev
> To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for the
> module's name.
>
> running build_scripts
>
> Do there exist any build instructions to direct me as to how to fix this? I
> am not seeing anything in configure.
I use custom locations all the time - have you tried the "--prefix=" setting
for configure?
./configure --prefix=/home/secureuser/
That would put everything into /home/secureuser/lib/ and /home/secureuser/bin/.
Just be aware that all of the peojects need the same prefix setting.
Tim
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