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Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:48:04 -0700 (PDT)
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On Sunday, October 14, 2012 7:19:24 PM UTC-7, Benjamin Kaplan wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:47 PM,  <pythonusernw@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> > Hello All,
>=20
> >
>=20
> >
>=20
> > I'm running python 3.2 on Freebsd 9.0 Release and I must've screwed up =
my environment somehow, because now I can't run any script without it faili=
ng and throwing:
>=20
> > ** IDLE can't import Tkinter.  Your Python may not be configured for Tk=
. **
>=20
> >
>=20
> > Yet none of my scripts use tkinter nor call that module. They're simple=
 network scraping scripts. I use pydev and eclipse and must've fat fingered=
 something that screwed up my python environment, but I haven't the slighte=
st clue on how to fix it. I can run my scripts in idle no problem, but I've=
 built them as command line apps. I've tried uninstalling python 3 and rein=
stalling it to no avail. What did I do, and how can I fix it?
>=20
> >
>=20
> > Thanks,
>=20
> > Adam
>=20
> > --
>=20
>=20
>=20
> IDLE uses Tkinter. If you don't have Tk installed, just run the
>=20
> scripts from the terminal or pick a different IDE.



Hi Ben,


Your reply instantly triggered my aha moment and I figured it out. I had an=
 import to idlelib in one of my modules dependencies from an eclipse auto-i=
mport. I feel foolish for not seeing it sooner. I use eclipse and pydev and=
 use a module to do all the heavy network code for my front end command lin=
e scripts. In that module I used a function variable called host where ecli=
pse, oh so helpfully, gave me the option of resolving an import I never ask=
ed for by automatically importing some module from idlelib. It was from idl=
elib import host as HOST or something to that effect. Damn eclipse does tha=
t to me from time to time and it happens so fast I don't even see what it d=
oes. Thanks for the reply and helping me see my erroneous ways.

Cheers,
Adam