> > Hello Simone Ramacci,

> > Some Linux distributions changed how software packages are installed.
> > Instead of prefix=/usr/local, they used prefix=/usr, which I don't
> > like.
> > You can find your python installation under /usr/, and dynamic link
> > libaries are possibly under:
> > (1) /usr/lib/python2.x/lib-dynload
> > (2) /usr/lib64/python2.x/lib-dynload
> > 2.x = 2.4 or 2.5 or ...

> > If you install Python from src, all goes under /usr/local unless you
> > changed prefix.
> > I asked you the directory listing as I knew ./Configure uses ldd to
> > find the path.

> > IDLE could be the reason for this as IDLE uses GUI.
> > I will experiment by myself.

> > Thanks,
> > Aki Niimura

> > On Jun 26, 3:07 am, "Simone Ramacci - Simosito.it"
> > <simos...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >> akineko ha scritto:

> >>> Hello  Simone Ramacci,

> >>> Thank you for letting me know that the PyInstaller can find TCL/TK
> >>> under your environment.
> >>> I always compile Python from src and don't use IDLE (I won't install
> >>> any package unless I'm convinced it is necessary).

> >>> If you don't mind, can you post the directory listing of lib-dynload/
> >>> in your environment?
> >>> The directory contains dynamic link libraries (/usr/local/lib/
> >>> python2.5/lib-dynload/ in my environment).
> >>> I think there are some additional files in your directory helping
> >>> Configure.py to find TCL/TK path.

> >>> Thank you!
> >>> Aki Niimura

> >>> On Jun 26, 12:18 am, Simosito <simos...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> I'm using PyInstaller on Linux and I have no problems: Configure.py
> >>>> finds everything.

> >>>> Have you installed libc6-dev, python-dev, zliblg-dev?

> >>>> Does PyInstaller works with non-tk scripts?

> >>>> I've installed the Idle package too, before I ran Configure.py

> >>>> Maybe you should try to install via something like a package manager
> >>>> the IDLE.

> >>>> Maybe that silly thing can solve your problem...

> >>>> I hope you'll solve this problem of yours,
> >>>> Simone Ramacci

> >>>> On 25 Giu, 10:20, akineko <akin...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >>>>> Hello everyone,

> >>>>> I have been using Gordon McMillan's Installer and PyInstaller for
> >>>>> years to provide Python scripts under Windows. Now I'm experimenting
> >>>>> it under Unix (Linux / Solaris).

> >>>>> When I run Configure.py, I got the following message:

> >>>>> I: Finding TCL/TK...
> >>>>> I: could not find TCL/TK  <<<---

> >>>>> [...]

> >>>>> My questions are:
> >>>>> (1) Has anyone used PyInstaller to package Tkinter programs under Unix
> >>>>> (solaris / Linux)?
> >>>>> (2) What is the best way to work around this problem? (Any
> >>>>> suggestions?)

> >>>>> Thank you for your attention.

> >>>>> Best regards,
> >>>>> Aki Niimura

> >> On my O.s. (Ubuntu 8.04) the only thing in /usr/local/lib/python is the
> >> site-packages directory.
> >> What's your O.s.? (What Linux/Solaris distribution and/or version)

> >> Why don't you see what ./Configure says if you try to build  the IDLE?
> >> If it can't find Tcl/tk either, maybe there is something wrong  in  your
> >> system.

> >> Let me know,
> >> Simone Ramacci

> >> P.s.

> >> My tcl version is 8.4.

> #ls /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload
> array.so            _csv.so           imageop.so             rgbimg.so
> audioop.so          _ctypes.so        itertools.so           select.so
> binascii.so         _ctypes_test.so   linuxaudiodev.so       _socket.so
> _bisect.so          _curses_panel.so  _locale.so             spwd.so
> _bsddb.so           _curses.so        _lsprof.so             _sqlite3.so
> bz2.so              datetime.so       math.so                _ssl.so
> cmath.so            dbm.so            mmap.so                strop.so
> _codecs_cn.so       dl.so             _multibytecodec.so     _struct.so
> _codecs_hk.so       _elementtree.so   nis.so                 syslog.so
> _codecs_iso2022.so  fcntl.so          operator.so            termios.so
> _codecs_jp.so       fpectl.so         ossaudiodev.so         _testcapi.so
> _codecs_kr.so       _functools.so     parser.so              time.so
> _codecs_tw.so       gdbm.so           pyexpat.so             _tkinter.so
> collections.so      grp.so            Python-2.5.2.egg-info  unicodedata.so

> Does that help you somehow?

> I hope it does.
> Cheers,
> Simone Ramacci