ensure tkinter works in virtualenv

[yogeshc]

On a virtualenv I get the following:

DataVizProj)$ python
Python 2.7.3 |CUSTOM| (default, Apr 11 2012, 18:02:54) 
[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import Tkinter
>>> Tkinter.Tk()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/opt/epd/epd-7.3-2-rh5-x86/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1685, in __init__
    self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use)
_tkinter.TclError: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories: 
    /home/builder/work/core/lib/tcl8.5 /opt/Envs/DataVizProj/lib/tcl8.5 /opt/Envs/lib/tcl8.5 /opt/Envs/DataVizProj/library /opt/Envs/library /opt/Envs/tcl8.5.9/library /opt/tcl8.5.9/library


This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.


>>> quit()
(DataVizProj)$ deactivate 

But it works outside fine once I deactivate it:

$ python
Enthought Python Distribution -- www.enthought.com
Version: 7.3-2 (32-bit)

Python 2.7.3 |EPD 7.3-2 (32-bit)| (default, Apr 11 2012, 18:02:54) 
[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)] on linux2
Type "credits", "demo" or "enthought" for more information.
>>> import Tkinter
>>> Tkinter.Tk()
<Tkinter.Tk instance at 0xb73f7fcc>

I guess this is similar to Issue #56 But this is on Ubuntu based distro

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[c0d3h4x0r]

This is still an issue on Mac. Someone need to reactivate this issue. Just because it has sat around without getting any traction, that doesn't mean it's no longer an issue. It just means the project maintainers have not prioritized it like they should.

[gaborbernat]

Hello, just to clear up things here. Project maintainers "should" do something is a very bad way to look at this. This is an open source project, project maintainers maintain the package, which means they ensure that patches applied don't break the world, as much as possible. If there's issue please look it in the spirit of open source and post a solution pull request, rather then telling them off for not solving it for you.

[gaborbernat]

Seems no longer an issue as no one reported it in 3 years.

[LexiconCode]

-removed-

[c0d3h4x0r]

It's still an issue. We just worked around it in our own systems by copying the right files into the right places ourselves.

[c0d3h4x0r]

This issue needs to be reopened. It shouldn't have been closed in the first place.

[gaborbernat]

PR welcome.

[LexiconCode]

PR welcome.

I apologize my issue ended up being related to the standalone python build not the virtual environment.