[ILUG] python configuration for Tcl/Tk

[Philip Reynolds]

Fred Cummins's [fred.cummins at ucd.ie] 33 lines of dribble included:
:>Hi, I (long ago) upgraded by Tcl/Tk distro to 8.2 from 8.0, and promptly
:>broke most programs using Tcl/Tk (ical, netcfg are sorely missed).  I
:>need the more recent Tcl/Tk distro, and keep waiting for the  others to
:>catch up.  but they don't.  Having upgraded netcfg, I still get the
:>message:
:>
:>	File "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py", line 23, in ?
:>    from Tkinter import *
:>        File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 5, in ?
:>    import _tkinter # If this fails your Python is not configured for Tk
:>
:>So I upgrade python too.  No joy.  the message remains the same.  I have
:>never got used to this constant upgrading thing with crossed
:>dependencies and such.  Seems like RPM and other tools were made to
:>avoid this kind of problem.  sigh.  Anyone know what the point is that
:>I'm missing here?  Do I have to go and reinstall Tcl/Tk 8.0, and figger
:>out how to have both distros present at once?

Did you upgrade python with TK support?
Tcl shouldn't have many (if any) problems from upgrading 8.0 to 8.2. This is a
python error, recompile Python with TK support and have a look at 
python.org/doc
The FAQ will probably answer most of your questions.
Phil.