Thus spoketh Mark Summerfield <l...@qtrac.plus.com> unto us on Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:46:33 +0100:
> What I'd really like to do is have: > > ~/opt/python31tk85 > ~/opt/python32tk85 > ~/opt/python33tk85 > > ~/opt/python31tk86 > ~/opt/python32tk86 > ~/opt/python33tk86 > > where these are built with one of these: > > ~/opt/tcltk85 > ~/opt/tcltk86 > > But I can't figure out how to tell Python's configure to use a local > Tcl/Tk. I remember that I have been struggling with the same problem some time ago and never found a really satisfying solution. IIRC what worked best here was to temporarily remove the system default tcl/tk development packages and then do something like $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/opt/tcltk85 before running ./configure . Regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. ... The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other. -- Kirk, "Elaan of Troyius", stardate 4372.5 _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss