Using Idle in Ubuntu

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December 13th, 2012, 05:55 PM

natv

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Using Idle in Ubuntu

I'm running the latest version of BackTrack (Backtrack 5R3) with Python 2.6.5 (this is Ubuntu)

When I try to run idle, I get this error:

** IDLE can't import Tkinter. Your Python may not be configured for Tk. **

I have tried to install this:
apt-get install python-tk

I read somewhere to try installing tk-devel but it's not finding it:

root@bt:~# apt-get install tk-devel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package tk-devel
root@bt:~#

I read somewhere I may need to install something and then re-build python, I'm not really sure what is needed though. Python came preinstalled on BackTrack.

Can anyone help regarding running Idle (how to configure Python with Tk)

Thanks

December 13th, 2012, 09:09 PM

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$ apt-get install idle-python2.7

or run synaptic package manager. Hope this helps. I do not know why BackTrack would be important. I suppose it is, and my answer is uselessly ignorant.

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December 16th, 2012, 09:16 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by b49P23TIvg

$ apt-get install idle-python2.7

or run synaptic package manager. Hope this helps. I do not know why BackTrack would be important. I suppose it is, and my answer is uselessly ignorant.

Doesn't work for me:

root@bt:~# apt-get install idle-python2.7
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package idle-python2.7
root@bt:~#

December 16th, 2012, 09:35 PM

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content of my /etc/apt/sources.list file without comments

Code:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates multiverse
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports restricted main multiverse universe
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ quantal partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ quantal partner

December 17th, 2012, 09:00 PM

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Thanks, I'll have to research that, I think if I change the sources (since I'm running a specific distro) that may break some things.

Maybe I'll temporarily change them to update this and then put back the original.

I'll play around, but thanks for posting this.

Using Idle in Ubuntu

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