SORRY TO ALL: PLEASE DISREGARD MY LAST EMAIL. I kept searching through the Tutor archives and found an answer in the Feb archives. (In Python 3 you have to type tkinter in all lower case.)
Thanks all, Kristin On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Kristin Wilcox <[email protected]> wrote: > I apologize in advance for asking such a simple question! I first > tried looking through Google, and through the last couple months of > this list's archives, and I found some talk about my issue out there > but not a detailed enough answer to help someone as new as me. > > This is my first programming language, so most explanations of this > stuff go way over my head! > > [This is my problem:] I've been using IDLE successfully to do very > very simple exercises in Python, and now I wanted to start on some > very simple exercises including the Tkinter library. But it looks like > it's not set up right and I don't know how to do what I need to do to > adjust.. whatever needs to be adjusted. > > I did the tests listed here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter > > I failed at step 2: > ----- > Step 2 - can Tkinter be imported? > > Try the following command at the Python prompt: > >>>> import Tkinter # no underscore, uppercase 'T' > > * If it works, go to step 3. > * If it fails with "No module named Tkinter", your Python > configuration need to be changed to include the directory that > contains Tkinter.py in its default module search path. You have > probably forgotten to define TKPATH in the Modules/Setup file. A > temporary workaround would be to find that directory and add it to > your PYTHONPATH environment variable. It is the subdirectory named > "lib-tk" of the Python library directory (when using Python 1.4 or > before, it is named "tkinter"). > ------ > I could do import _tkinter but not import Tkinter > > This is what I received back from the Shell: >>>> import _tkinter >>>> import Tkinter > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module> > import Tkinter > ImportError: No module named Tkinter >>>> > > > Unfortunately, the instructions they gave on what to do if Step 2 > fails read like Greek to me. I don't know what a PYTHONPATH is, I > don't remember doing anything with a Modules/Setup file, and I don't > know what an environment variable is, or what to do with > subdirectories. > > I am running Windows XP. Installed Python 3.1, and IDLE seems to be > working okay... > > When I go to C:\Python31 I see these folders: > DLLs > Doc > include > Lib > libs > tcl > Tools > > There are 3 .exe files: > python.exe > pythonw.exe > w9xpopen.exe > > I see something called _tkinter.lib in the folder C:\Python31\libs > There is a folder called tkinter inside the folder Lib > (C:\Python31\Lib\tkinter) > > Would someone be able to spell out to me in every detailed steps > exactly what I should do, assuming I know pretty much nothing about > programming or installing a programming language, so that when I put > import Tkinter it doesn't error? > > Thank you very much for reading! > > -Kristin > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
