Using blt in MacPorts

[Frank Schima]

Hi Mark,


On Mar 4, 2008, at 2:39 PM, markd at macports.org wrote:

>>> Did you install py25-tkinter while tk 8.4.16 was active or while
>>> 8.5.1 was active? Maybe you need the latter. Try rebuilding it.
>>> (sudo port -ncuf upgrade py25-tkinter)
>>
>>
>> On Mar 3, 2008, at 3:40 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote:
>>> Frank Schima wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, that works. Thanks! But now when I try to run my python
>>>> program, I  get the following runtime error:
>>>> File "./my_python_program.py", line 158, in <module>
>>>>    parent=Tkinter.Tk()
>>>>  File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1638, in
>>>> __init__
>>>>    self._loadtk()
>>>>  File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1658, in
>>>> _loadtk
>>>>    % (_tkinter.TK_VERSION, tk_version)
>>>> RuntimeError: tk.h version (8.5) doesn't match libtk.a version  
>>>> (8.4)
>>>> Any more suggestions for me?
>>>> Here's a reduced look at my "port installed" output.
>>>>  py25-tkinter @2.5.1_0 (active)
>>>>  python25 @2.5.1_4+darwin_9
>>>>  python25 @2.5.2_0+darwin_9 (active)
>>>>  tcl @8.4.16_0+darwin_9 (active)
>>>>  tcl @8.5.1_0
>>>>  tk @8.4.16_0 (active)
>>>>  tk @8.5.1_0
>>>
>>> Python has to be rebuilt to link against Tk 8.5. Try that.
>>
>> I think you meant 8.4. :)
>>
>> Guys, thanks very much. After uninstalling all my python add-ons I  
>> was
>> able to re-install python25 and py25-tkinter and it appears to work.
>
> So did tcl and tk 8.4.x fix BLT?

Yes. I was able to install (and use) blt.


Cheers!
Frank