Reputation: 11269
what is missing that prevents my IDLE from working?
Installed Ubuntu 10.10 and Python 2.5.5. IDLE did not start from the terminal so I went into the Python interpreter and did "import _tkinter". The package was not found. After searching a bit, I found that Ubuntu/debian might not include _tkinter so I proceeded to "sudo apt-get install python-tk" as per my searches.
Still the interpreter cannot find _tkinter. What next?
Upvotes: 0
Views: 275
Answers (3)
Reputation: 11269
The problem has been solved in another thread. The solution is to install tk-dev before installing Python 2.5.5 (on Ubuntu 10.10 which came with Python 2.6).
TK_LIBRARY and TCL_LIBRARY environment variables on Ubuntu
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 76955
There's an IDLE package in the Ubuntu software center that you can install. Install that and IDLE will work.
UPDATE
It is indeed in the Ubuntu software center on Ubuntu 10.10. Evidence:
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 411
Use Synaptic Package Manager (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager). Search for "idle".
Upvotes: 1
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