IDLE doesn't run on OSX 10.3.9

T

thomascribbs

Just installed Python 2.5.2 on a PowerPC G4 running OSX 10.3.9 and
when clicking on the IDLE icon in the MacPython 2.5 folder nothing
happens, program doesn't execute...

I've uninstalled, reinstalled over again...

I friend of mine just installed the same 2.5.2 download from the
Python.org website on OSX 10.4.11 and all went fine...but shouldn't it
install on 10.3.9 as well?

Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
-Tom
 
K

Kevin Walzer

Just installed Python 2.5.2 on a PowerPC G4 running OSX 10.3.9 and
when clicking on the IDLE icon in the MacPython 2.5 folder nothing
happens, program doesn't execute...

I've uninstalled, reinstalled over again...

I friend of mine just installed the same 2.5.2 download from the
Python.org website on OSX 10.4.11 and all went fine...but shouldn't it
install on 10.3.9 as well?

Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
-Tom

Do you have Tcl/Tk installed? It doesn't come on 10.3.9 by default.
 
T

thomascribbs

Just did a new install of Tcl/tk from activestate.com and IDLE still
not working...

-Tom
 
K

Kevin Walzer

Just did a new install of Tcl/tk from activestate.com and IDLE still
not working...

-Tom
Did you install Tcl/Tk 8.5? It won't work with the build of Python from
python.org (it looks for 8.4).
 
T

thomascribbs

Now I downloaded the latest Python 2.6 that came out yesterday, and
also downloaded the latest ActiveTcl...

I run a Terminal, cd /usr/local/bin, and type "idle2.6"...get this
error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/
idle2.6", line 5, in <module>
main()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/idlelib/PyShell.py", line 1382, in main
root = Tk(className="Idle")
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1645, in __init__
self._loadtk()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1659, in _loadtk
% (_tkinter.TK_VERSION, tk_version)
RuntimeError: tk.h version (8.4) doesn't match libtk.a version (8.5)


Thanks for any help.
-Tom
 

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