Thread: [Matplotlib-users] cannot find tcl/tk headers. giving up.

Hi all,

I tried to build matplotlib on SuSE Linux 10.0
python setup.py build results in


.cannot find tcl/tk headers. giving up.

Any idea ?

I have installed

rpm -qi tk-devel
Name        : tk-devel                     Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 8.4.11                            Vendor: SUSE LINUX
Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
Release     : 5                             Build Date: Tue 13 Sep 2005
01:10:13 AM CEST
Install date: Tue 28 Feb 2006 09:43:35 AM CET      Build Host: barry.suse.de
Group       : Development/Languages/Tcl     Source RPM: tk-8.4.11-5.src.rpm
Size        : 637061                           License: BSD
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Tue 13 Sep 2005 01:14:50 AM CEST, Key ID
a84edae89c800aca
Packager    : http://www.suse.de/feedback
URL         : http://www.tcl.tk
Summary     : Header Files and C API Documentation for Tk
Description :
This package contains header files and documentation needed for writing
Tk extensions in compiled languages like C, C++, etc., or for embedding
Tk in programs written in such languages.

This package is not needed for writing extensions or applications for
Tk in the Tcl language itself.



Authors:
--------
    John Ousterhout  <joh...@en...>
Distribution: SUSE LINUX 10.0 (X86-64)

whitney:/usr/local/svn/matplotlib # rpm -qi tcl-devel
Name        : tcl-devel                    Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 8.4.11                            Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
Release     : 2                             Build Date: Fri 09 Sep 2005 07:26:00 PM CEST
Install date: Tue 28 Feb 2006 09:43:09 AM CET      Build Host: Hygiea.suse.de
Group       : Development/Languages/Tcl     Source RPM: tcl-8.4.11-2.src.rpm
Size        : 848628                           License: BSD
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Fri 09 Sep 2005 08:35:27 PM CEST, Key ID a84edae89c800aca
Packager    : http://www.suse.de/feedback
URL         : http://www.tcl.tk
Summary     : Header Files and C API Documentation for Tcl
Description :
This package contains header files and documentation needed for writing
Tcl extensions in compiled languages like C, C++, etc., or for
embedding the Tcl interpreter in programs written in such languages.

This package is not needed for writing extensions or applications in
the Tcl language itself.
Distribution: SUSE LINUX 10.0 (X86-64)
 

You had to change the function find_tcltk in setupext.py. There are a 
problem on suse with "tk.getvar('tcl_library')" who are pointing toward 
something like "/usr/share/lib/tcl" instead that where are really the 
library.

This is an example who work here:

def find_tcltk():
    """Finds Tcl/Tk includes/libraries/version by interrogating Tkinter."""
    try:
        import Tkinter
    except:
        print "Tkinter not properly installed\n"
        sys.exit(1)
    if Tkinter.TkVersion < 8.3:
        print "Tcl/Tk v8.3 or later required\n"
        sys.exit(1)
    o = FoundTclTk()
    try:
        tk=Tkinter.Tk()   
    except Tkinter.TclError:
        print "Using default library and include directories for Tcl and 
Tk because a"
        print "Tk window failed to open.  You may need to define DISPLAY 
for Tk to work"
        print "so that setup can determine where your libraries are 
located."
        o.tcl_lib = "/usr/lib"
        o.tcl_inc = "/usr/include"
        o.tk_lib = "/usr/lib"
        o.tk_inc = "/usr/include"
        o.tkv = ""
    else:
        tk.withdraw()
#not working on suse 10
        #o.tcl_lib = os.path.join((tk.getvar('tcl_library')), '../')
        #o.tk_lib = os.path.join(str(tk.getvar('tk_library')), '../')
        #o.tkv = str(Tkinter.TkVersion)[:3]
        #o.tcl_inc = os.path.join((tk.getvar('tcl_library')),
        #            '../../include/tcl'+o.tkv)

#change introduce to tell where are the library and the version
        o.tcl_lib = "/usr/lib"
        o.tcl_inc = "/usr/include"
        o.tk_lib = "/usr/lib"
        o.tk_inc = "/usr/include"
        o.tkv = "8.4"

        if not os.path.exists(o.tcl_inc):
            o.tcl_inc = os.path.join((tk.getvar('tcl_library')),
                        '../../include')
        o.tk_inc = os.path.join((tk.getvar('tk_library')),
                    '../../include/tk'+o.tkv)       
        if not os.path.exists(o.tk_inc):
            o.tk_inc = os.path.join((tk.getvar('tk_library')),
                        '../../include')
        if not os.path.exists(o.tcl_inc):
            print 'cannot find tcl/tk headers. giving up.'
            sys.exit()
    return o


Nils Wagner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I tried to build matplotlib on SuSE Linux 10.0
> python setup.py build results in
>
>
> .cannot find tcl/tk headers. giving up.
>
> Any idea ?
>
> I have installed
>
> rpm -qi tk-devel
> Name        : tk-devel                     Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 8.4.11                            Vendor: SUSE LINUX
> Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
> Release     : 5                             Build Date: Tue 13 Sep 2005
> 01:10:13 AM CEST
> Install date: Tue 28 Feb 2006 09:43:35 AM CET      Build Host: barry.suse.de
> Group       : Development/Languages/Tcl     Source RPM: tk-8.4.11-5.src.rpm
> Size        : 637061                           License: BSD
> Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Tue 13 Sep 2005 01:14:50 AM CEST, Key ID
> a84edae89c800aca
> Packager    : http://www.suse.de/feedback
> URL         : http://www.tcl.tk
> Summary     : Header Files and C API Documentation for Tk
> Description :
> This package contains header files and documentation needed for writing
> Tk extensions in compiled languages like C, C++, etc., or for embedding
> Tk in programs written in such languages.
>
> This package is not needed for writing extensions or applications for
> Tk in the Tcl language itself.
>
>
>
> Authors:
> --------
>     John Ousterhout  <joh...@en...>
> Distribution: SUSE LINUX 10.0 (X86-64)
>
> whitney:/usr/local/svn/matplotlib # rpm -qi tcl-devel
> Name        : tcl-devel                    Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 8.4.11                            Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
> Release     : 2                             Build Date: Fri 09 Sep 2005 07:26:00 PM CEST
> Install date: Tue 28 Feb 2006 09:43:09 AM CET      Build Host: Hygiea.suse.de
> Group       : Development/Languages/Tcl     Source RPM: tcl-8.4.11-2.src.rpm
> Size        : 848628                           License: BSD
> Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Fri 09 Sep 2005 08:35:27 PM CEST, Key ID a84edae89c800aca
> Packager    : http://www.suse.de/feedback
> URL         : http://www.tcl.tk
> Summary     : Header Files and C API Documentation for Tcl
> Description :
> This package contains header files and documentation needed for writing
> Tcl extensions in compiled languages like C, C++, etc., or for
> embedding the Tcl interpreter in programs written in such languages.
>
> This package is not needed for writing extensions or applications in
> the Tcl language itself.
> Distribution: SUSE LINUX 10.0 (X86-64)
>  
>
>
>
>
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