tkinter does not load in FC-5 and devel

[José Abílio Matos]

Hi,
    I searched in bugzilla so I am asking here what is the place to report this.

Example:
$ ipython
...
In [1]: from Tkinter import *
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
exceptions.ImportError                               Traceback (most recent 
call last)

/root/<ipython console>

/usr/lib/python2.4/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
     36 if sys.platform == "win32":
     37     import FixTk # Attempt to configure Tcl/Tk without requiring PATH
---> 38 import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for 
Tk
     39 tkinter = _tkinter # b/w compat for export
     40 TclError = _tkinter.TclError

ImportError: libTix8.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
directory

The problem here is that tkinter requires libTix8.4.so that belongs to tix

# rpm -ql tix | grep .so
/usr/lib/Tix8.4/Console.tcl
/usr/lib/Tix8.4/libTix8.4.so

Yet in no place is ldconfig told to search for it, that is if I 
add /usr/lib/Tix8.4 to /etc/ld.so.conf it works.

Have this been reported before? Where should I add this report? python, 
tix, ...

I am reporting this since python-imaging does not build its tk interface due 
to this. It works for FC-4 but not for FC-5 and devel.

Best regards,

[David Cantrell]

Jose' Matos wrote:
> Hi,
>    I searched in bugzilla so I am asking here what is the place to report this.
>
> Example:
> $ ipython
> ...
> In [1]: from Tkinter import *
>
> exceptions.ImportError                               Traceback (most recent 
> call last)
>
> /root/<ipython console>
>
> /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
>      36 if sys.platform == "win32":
>      37     import FixTk # Attempt to configure Tcl/Tk without requiring PATH
> ---> 38 import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for 
> Tk
>      39 tkinter = _tkinter # b/w compat for export
>      40 TclError = _tkinter.TclError
>
> ImportError: libTix8.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
> directory
>
> The problem here is that tkinter requires libTix8.4.so that belongs to tix
>
> # rpm -ql tix | grep .so
> /usr/lib/Tix8.4/Console.tcl
> /usr/lib/Tix8.4/libTix8.4.so
>
> Yet in no place is ldconfig told to search for it, that is if I 
> add /usr/lib/Tix8.4 to /etc/ld.so.conf it works.
>
> Have this been reported before? Where should I add this report? python, 
> tix, ...
>
> I am reporting this since python-imaging does not build its tk interface due 
> to this. It works for FC-4 but not for FC-5 and devel.

This bug belongs to tix and it has been reported:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187739

I'm fixing it now.

Thank you,

[José Abílio Matos]

On Monday 03 April 2006 15:17, David Cantrell wrote:
> This bug belongs to tix and it has been reported:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187739
>
> I'm fixing it now.
>
> Thank you,

Thanks.
> --
> David Cantrell
> Red Hat / Westford, MA

[Jens-Ulrik Petersen]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 10:11:51 +0100
"Jose' Matos"  wrote:
> Example:
> $ ipython
> ...
> In [1]: from Tkinter import *
>
> exceptions.ImportError                               Traceback (most recent 
> call last)
>
> /root/<ipython console>
>
> /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
>      36 if sys.platform == "win32":
>      37     import FixTk # Attempt to configure Tcl/Tk without requiring PATH
> ---> 38 import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for 
> Tk
>      39 tkinter = _tkinter # b/w compat for export
>      40 TclError = _tkinter.TclError
>
> ImportError: libTix8.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
> directory

:
> Have this been reported before? Where should I add this report? python, 
> tix, ...
>
> I am reporting this since python-imaging does not build its tk interface due 
> to this. It works for FC-4 but not for FC-5 and devel.

Hmm, I don't know the exact answer to your question and I just turned
down my fc5 box...

What does:

$ tclsh
  % package require Tix

do for you?

If that works, then perhaps it is a tkinter bug: and tkinter
is part of python.

Hope that helps a little,

Jens

[José Abílio Matos]

On Monday 03 April 2006 15:52, Jens Petersen wrote:
> What does:
>
> $ tclsh
>   % package require Tix
>
> do for you?

It prints 8.4 and shows an empty window.
> If that works, then perhaps it is a tkinter bug: and tkinter
> is part of python.

I noticed it when I did not found it as a component in bugzilla. :-)
> Hope that helps a little,

Now the question is why it builds but it does not run...
> Jens