_tkinter fails when installing Python 2.4.4

jgelfand

I'm installing Python 2.4.4 on a CentOS release 4.6 (Final) [RedHat
Enterprise Linux 4.6] 64-bit machine. Running "./configure --prefix="/
usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots" --enable-shared" appears to be fine, but
I get the following error message when I run "make":

building '_tkinter' extension
gcc -pthread -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -
Wstrict-prototypes -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/
local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/./Include -I/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/
include -I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Include -I/usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2 -c /usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/_tkinter.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/
usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/_tkinter.o
gcc -pthread -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -
Wstrict-prototypes -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/
local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/./Include -I/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/
include -I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Include -I/usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2 -c /usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/tkappinit.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/
usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/tkappinit.o
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/usr/local/yosi/
Python-2.5.2/Modules/_tkinter.o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/tkappinit.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -L/usr/X11R6/
lib -L/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L. -ltk8.5 -
ltcl8.5 -lX11 -lpython2.5 -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/_tkinter.so
*** WARNING: renaming "_tkinter" since importing it failed: build/
lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/_tkinter.so: undefined symbol: XftGlyphExtents

Any suggestions / ideas as to what is going wrong? I don't get any
other warnings or errors on the other modules. Thanks -- Yosi

Mar 25 '08 #1

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Diez B. Roggisch

jgelfand schrieb:

I'm installing Python 2.4.4 on a CentOS release 4.6 (Final) [RedHat
Enterprise Linux 4.6] 64-bit machine. Running "./configure --prefix="/
usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots" --enable-shared" appears to be fine, but
I get the following error message when I run "make":

building '_tkinter' extension
gcc -pthread -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -
Wstrict-prototypes -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/
local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/./Include -I/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/
include -I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Include -I/usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2 -c /usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/_tkinter.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/
usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/_tkinter.o
gcc -pthread -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -
Wstrict-prototypes -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/
local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/./Include -I/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/
include -I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Include -I/usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2 -c /usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/tkappinit.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/
usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/tkappinit.o
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/usr/local/yosi/
Python-2.5.2/Modules/_tkinter.o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/tkappinit.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -L/usr/X11R6/
lib -L/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L. -ltk8.5 -
ltcl8.5 -lX11 -lpython2.5 -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/_tkinter.so
*** WARNING: renaming "_tkinter" since importing it failed: build/
lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/_tkinter.so: undefined symbol: XftGlyphExtents

Any suggestions / ideas as to what is going wrong? I don't get any
other warnings or errors on the other modules. Thanks -- Yosi

You are aware that the above shows python 2.5 as the version that is
being used for compilation?

Diez

Mar 25 '08 #2

jgelfand

On Mar 25, 5:52 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.w eb.dewrote:

jgelfand schrieb:

I'm installing Python 2.4.4 on a CentOS release 4.6 (Final) [RedHat
Enterprise Linux 4.6] 64-bit machine. Running "./configure --prefix="/
usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots" --enable-shared" appears to be fine, but
I get the following error message when I run "make":

building '_tkinter' extension
gcc -pthread -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -
Wstrict-prototypes -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/
local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/./Include -I/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/
include -I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Include -I/usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2 -c /usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/_tkinter.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/
usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/_tkinter.o
gcc -pthread -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -
Wstrict-prototypes -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/
local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/./Include -I/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/
include -I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Include -I/usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2 -c /usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/tkappinit.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/
usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/tkappinit.o
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/usr/local/yosi/
Python-2.5.2/Modules/_tkinter.o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/tkappinit.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -L/usr/X11R6/
lib -L/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L. -ltk8.5 -
ltcl8.5 -lX11 -lpython2.5 -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/_tkinter.so
*** WARNING: renaming "_tkinter" since importing it failed: build/
lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/_tkinter.so: undefined symbol: XftGlyphExtents

Any suggestions / ideas as to what is going wrong? I don't get any
other warnings or errors on the other modules. Thanks -- Yosi

You are aware that the above shows python 2.5 as the version that is
being used for compilation?

Diez

Sorry. I get the same error messages for Python 2.4.4, Python 2.4.5,
and Python 2.5. The software package I'm trying to build from source
requests that I install Python 2.4.4, so I'm interesting in solutions
for that particular distribution.

Thanks -- Yosi

Mar 25 '08 #3

Diez B. Roggisch

jgelfand wrote:

On Mar 25, 5:52 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.w eb.dewrote:
>jgelfand schrieb:

I'm installing Python 2.4.4 on a CentOS release 4.6 (Final) [RedHat
Enterprise Linux 4.6] 64-bit machine. Running "./configure --prefix="/
usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots" --enable-shared" appears to be fine, but
I get the following error message when I run "make":

building '_tkinter' extension
gcc -pthread -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -
Wstrict-prototypes -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/
local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/./Include -I/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/
include -I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Include -I/usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2 -c /usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/_tkinter.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/
usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/_tkinter.o
gcc -pthread -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -
Wstrict-prototypes -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/
local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/./Include -I/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/
include -I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Include -I/usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2 -c /usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/tkappinit.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/
usr/local/yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/tkappinit.o
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/usr/local/yosi/
Python-2.5.2/Modules/_tkinter.o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.5.2/Modules/tkappinit.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -L/usr/X11R6/
lib -L/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L. -ltk8.5 -
ltcl8.5 -lX11 -lpython2.5 -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/_tkinter.so
*** WARNING: renaming "_tkinter" since importing it failed: build/
lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/_tkinter.so: undefined symbol: XftGlyphExtents

Any suggestions / ideas as to what is going wrong? I don't get any
other warnings or errors on the other modules. Thanks -- Yosi

You are aware that the above shows python 2.5 as the version that is
being used for compilation?

Diez

Sorry. I get the same error messages for Python 2.4.4, Python 2.4.5,
and Python 2.5. The software package I'm trying to build from source
requests that I install Python 2.4.4, so I'm interesting in solutions
for that particular distribution.

I think the actual problem is that the linking doesn't find the
XftGlyphExtends . I can only guess, but it might be related to
64-bit-problems. Make sure you have the library that contains the
XftGlyphExtends is available in the lib64 dirs and so forth.

Diez

Mar 26 '08 #4

jgelfand

On Mar 26, 7:02 am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.w eb.dewrote:

>
I think the actual problem is that the linking doesn't find the
XftGlyphExtends . I can only guess, but it might be related to
64-bit-problems. Make sure you have the library that contains the
XftGlyphExtends is available in the lib64 dirs and so forth.

I tried running configure with --x-include="/usr/X11R6/include" --x-
libraries="/usr/X11R6/lib" (in addition to the flags above) and got
the same error. I believe XftGlyphExtends is defined in "Xft.h" which
is located in the directory "/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft". Based on
the output below, python looks in "/usr/X11R6/include" but not in this
directory:

building '_tkinter' extension
gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -fno-
strict-aliasing -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.4.4/./Include -I/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/include -I/
usr/local/include -I/usr/local/yosi/Python-2.4.4/Include -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.4.4 -c /usr/local/yosi/Python-2.4.4/Modules/_tkinter.c -
o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/_tkinter.o
gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -fno-
strict-aliasing -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.4.4/./Include -I/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/include -I/
usr/local/include -I/usr/local/yosi/Python-2.4.4/Include -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.4.4 -c /usr/local/yosi/Python-2.4.4/Modules/tkappinit.c -
o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/tkappinit.o
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/_tkinter.o build/
temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/tkappinit.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -
L/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/lib -L/usr/local/lib -ltk8.5 -ltcl8.5 -
lX11 -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/_tkinter.so

When I try setting CFLAGS="-I/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft" and re-
running configure, I get the same error message regardless if I tell
python to it to use the 32 bit of 64 bit X-Windows libraries. How
should I force python to look in this directory?

Thanks a lot -- Yosi

Mar 26 '08 #5

Diez B. Roggisch

jgelfand schrieb:

On Mar 26, 7:02 am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.w eb.dewrote:
>I think the actual problem is that the linking doesn't find the
XftGlyphExtend s. I can only guess, but it might be related to
64-bit-problems. Make sure you have the library that contains the
XftGlyphExtend s is available in the lib64 dirs and so forth.

I tried running configure with --x-include="/usr/X11R6/include" --x-
libraries="/usr/X11R6/lib" (in addition to the flags above) and got
the same error. I believe XftGlyphExtends is defined in "Xft.h" which
is located in the directory "/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft". Based on
the output below, python looks in "/usr/X11R6/include" but not in this
directory:

building '_tkinter' extension
gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -fno-
strict-aliasing -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.4.4/./Include -I/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/include -I/
usr/local/include -I/usr/local/yosi/Python-2.4.4/Include -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.4.4 -c /usr/local/yosi/Python-2.4.4/Modules/_tkinter.c -
o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/_tkinter.o
gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -fno-
strict-aliasing -DWITH_APPINIT=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.4.4/./Include -I/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/include -I/
usr/local/include -I/usr/local/yosi/Python-2.4.4/Include -I/usr/local/
yosi/Python-2.4.4 -c /usr/local/yosi/Python-2.4.4/Modules/tkappinit.c -
o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/tkappinit.o
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/_tkinter.o build/
temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/tkappinit.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -
L/usr/local/yosi/ciao-4.0/ots/lib -L/usr/local/lib -ltk8.5 -ltcl8.5 -
lX11 -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/_tkinter.so

When I try setting CFLAGS="-I/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft" and re-
running configure, I get the same error message regardless if I tell
python to it to use the 32 bit of 64 bit X-Windows libraries. How
should I force python to look in this directory?

The above is a LINKER error, not a compiler-error. You need to find the
library which contains the missing symbol, and trace where it get's
picked up wrong. Not something (I at least) can do from here.

Diez

Mar 26 '08 #6

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