How get IDLE.app for python311 to work?

[Murray Eisenberg]

The line "export DISPLAY=:0: was in ~/.zprofile. I'ts now commented out.

That did it - thanks!


> On Mar 7, 2023, at 3:19 PM, Eric <eric.hoch2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Murray,
> 
> take a look at your bashrc/zshrc or bash_profile/zprofile or even profile if you have an entry like "export DISPLAY=:0" and comment it out. 
> 
> Be aware that those files are hidden and have a dot in front of them.
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 6:41 PM Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com <mailto:murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> More:
>> 
>> (4) In Terminal, "which idle" shows /opt/local/bin/idle. If I run idle, I get the same "IDLE can't import TKinter" error as before.
>> 
>> (5) I now install py311-tkinter and execute "idle" again. This time I get error:
>> 
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/opt/local/bin/idle", line 5, in <module>
>>     main()
>>   File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/idlelib/pyshell.py", line 1608, in main
>>     root = Tk(className="Idle")
>>            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>   File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/tkinter/__init__.py", line 2326, in __init__
>>     self.tk <http://self.tk/> = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use)
>>               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> _tkinter.TclError: couldn't connect to display ":0"
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 7, 2023, at 11:35 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com <mailto:murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> (1) If from /Applications/MacPorts/Python 3.11 I open IDLE.app, then nothing happens.
>>> 
>>> (2)If first I run XQuartz.app and from its Appliantions menu selet Terminal, thereby getting a new Terminal-like window, and 
>>> if I now open  /Applications/MacPorts/Python 3.11 I open IDLE.app, still nothing happens.
>>> 
>>> (3) If instead now I open /Applications/MacPorts/Python\ 3.11/IDLE.app/Contents/MacOS/IDLE, then I get a new Terminal window showing:
>>> 
>>> /Applications/MacPorts/Python\ 3.11/IDLE.app/Contents/MacOS/IDLE ; exit;
>>> [~] % /Applications/MacPorts/Python\ 3.11/IDLE.app/Contents/MacOS/IDLE ; exit;
>>> ** IDLE can't import Tkinter.
>>> Your Python may not be configured for Tk. ** 
>>> /Applications/MacPorts/Python\ 3.11/IDLE.app/Contents/MacOS/IDLE ; exit;
>>> [~] % /Applications/MacPorts/Python\ 3.11/IDLE.app/Contents/MacOS/IDLE ; exit;
>>> ** IDLE can't import Tkinter.
>>> Your Python may not be configured for Tk. **
>>> 
>>> What is installed are:
>>> 
>>> python311 @3.11.2_0+lto+optimizations+universal
>>> tk @8.6.13_0+x11
>>> 
>>> How do I get IDLE.app to work??
>>> 
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>> 
>> ---
>> Murray Eisenberg		murrayeisenberg at gmail.com <mailto:murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>
>> Mobile (413)-427-5334
>> 503 King Farm Blvd #101		
>> Rockville, MD 20850-6667	
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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> Eric Hoch
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Murray Eisenberg		murrayeisenberg at gmail.com
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503 King Farm Blvd #101		
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