Unable to launch IDLE on Windows

[croy]

BPO	5528
Nosy	@amauryfa

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closed_at = <Date 2009-03-27.02:06:34.681>
created_at = <Date 2009-03-20.22:33:36.535>
labels = ['expert-IDLE', 'invalid']
title = 'Unable to launch IDLE on Windows'
updated_at = <Date 2009-08-18.23:02:50.256>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/croy'

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activity = <Date 2009-08-18.23:02:50.256>
actor = 'srid'
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closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2009-03-27.02:06:34.681>
closer = 'amaury.forgeotdarc'
components = ['IDLE']
creation = <Date 2009-03-20.22:33:36.535>
creator = 'croy'
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issue_num = 5528
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
stage = None
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue5528'
versions = ['Python 2.6']

[croy]

I have recently installed python 2.6 and I have been successfully able
to run python from a command line and from the Python command line.
However, when I try to launch the IDLE, all I get is a window that
flashes. I tried launching the IDLE from a command line with the
following command:
c:\Python26\Lib\idlelib>idle.py -n

I get the following error:
************************************************
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python26\Lib\idlelib\idle.py", line 21, in <module>
    idlelib.PyShell.main()
  File "C:\Python26\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 1386, in main
    root = Tk(className="Idle")
  File "C:\Python26\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 1643, in __init__
    self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, 
interactive, want
objects, useTk, sync, use)
_tkinter.TclError: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following 
directories:
    {C:\IBMTOOLS\Python22\tcl\tcl8.4} C:/IBMTOOLS/Python22/tcl/tcl8.5 
C:/Python2
6/lib/tcl8.5 C:/lib/tcl8.5 C:/lib/tcl8.5 C:/library C:/library 
C:/tcl8.5.2/libra
ry C:/tcl8.5.2/library

C:/IBMTOOLS/Python22/tcl/tcl8.4/init.tcl: version conflict for
package "Tcl": ha
ve 8.5.2, need exactly 8.4
version conflict for package "Tcl": have 8.5.2, need exactly 8.4
while executing
"package require -exact Tcl 8.4"
(file "C:/IBMTOOLS/Python22/tcl/tcl8.4/init.tcl" line 19)
invoked from within
"source C:/IBMTOOLS/Python22/tcl/tcl8.4/init.tcl"
("uplevel" body line 1)
invoked from within
"uplevel #0 [list source $tclfile]"

This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.

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I tried changing the python path from c:\IBMTOOLS\Python22 to
C:\Python26, but that did not work.

One other note is that I do not have adminstrator priviledges on this
computer.

[amauryfa]

Do you happen to have a TCL_LIBRARY environment variable?
If yes, I suggest to remove it.

[croy]

Amaury,
   That worked, the variable was for IBMTools, so I am a little concerned that some other program may have issues.  If I do have problems, I will just add the variable back.
   Thanks for getting back to me.

• Chris

----- Original Message ----
From: Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <report@bugs.python.org>
To: chrisaroy@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:21:08 AM
Subject: [bpo-5528] Unable to launch IDLE on Windows

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <amauryfa@gmail.com> added the comment:

Do you happen to have a TCL_LIBRARY environment variable?
If yes, I suggest to remove it.

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