Hi everyone
Sorry to bother you again but I don't know where else to go
I recently switch to Linux Red Hat AS 3.0 because I have to make a daemon to run in this OS and I'm having a few problems
I've struggle to replace Python 2.2(machine default) to 2.3.4 (tough but could)
Now I want to program a GUI with Tkinter but when I put the sentence from TKinter import *, it tells me that it doesn't find the module Tkinter. I have downloaded Python 2.3.4 from python.org and follow the steps.
Secondly I want to know how to run the .py programs and which is the extension of a GUI in Linux (I know that for Windows is .pyw but it doesn't know what are these in Linux)
Then is there an IDLE for Linux so I can run the program without having to go to the shell????????
Thanks a lot
Regards
Alberto
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Hi everyone
I recently switch to Linux Red Hat AS 3.0 because I have to make a daemon to run in this OS and I'm having a few problems
I've struggle to replace Python 2.2(machine default) to 2.3.4 (tough but could)
Now I want to program a GUI with Tkinter but when I put the sentence from TKinter import *, it tells me that it doesn't find the module Tkinter. I have downloaded Python 2.3.4 from python.org and follow the steps.
Secondly I want to know how to run the .py programs and which is the extension of a GUI in Linux (I know that for Windows is .pyw but it doesn't know what are these in Linux)
Then is there an IDLE for Linux so I can run the program without having to go to the shell????????
Thanks a lot
Regards
Alberto
Hi Alberto
I am curious why you are using RH3.0 - be aware that many of the system calls of later Python releases may expect libraries that aren't part of the distro you are using. I couldn't say for sure, but I'd anticipate some limits to backwards compatibility.
Anyway, in answer to your question. To find the Tkinter modules, you should probably enter "whereis tkinter" at the command line and then re-install Python with that in its path, or re-install TKinter with the python installation path. RH has a tendency to Red Hat-ise the file hierarchy somewhat, so it could just be a case that one or the other doesn't know how to find its libraries.
I couldn't tell you what the extensions for GUIs are. Perhaps www.python.org might have some clues for that. However, to run python programs from the shell, if you have added the she-bang (the #!/bin/sh part) as the first line of your program, then just enter python my_program.py at the prompt and watch it run!!
I think that idle tends to be the native IDE for python, but there are others you could use, some of which might provide you with a GUI IDE so you don't have to use the command line. In the interim however, just enter idle at the command line and a new window will be spawned with the following:
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Python 2.4.1 (#1, Apr 6 2005, 09:36:35) [GCC 3.3.4] on linux2 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
****************************************************************
Personal firewall software may warn about the connection IDLE
makes to its subprocess using this computer's internal loopback
interface. This connection is not visible on any external
interface and no data is sent to or received from the Internet.
****************************************************************IDLE 1.1.1 >>>
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To use a text editor just enter ctrl + n in this window and then to run it, save it as *.py and hit F5 to run in the idle window.
HtH
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