Installing Visualization Tools on Linux and Tkinter
I am trying to follow instructions at http://sagemath.org/doc/numerical_sag..., "Installing Visualization Tools on Linux". (sage 4.7.1 on Ubuntu 12.04).
These instructions recommend getting Tkinter to work. I have been unable to do so for similar reasons as June 7 post, "Tkinter for sage 5.0 on linux."
In response to that post, V. Braun suggests not using Tkinter.
Should I ignore initial instructions under "Installing Visualization..." relating to Tkinter?
Thanks, Bob
update: after running 'sage -f python' , python 2.7.3.p0 was downloaded and installed (python 2.6.4.p11 standard in 4.7.1). Now, unable to start sage; get message 'No module named IPython. Any suggestions?
I would try to do `sage -f python-2.6.4.p11` if you can first. Each Sage is pretty specifically tied to the Python we provide, and `sage -f python` will just pick the current most up-to-date one, which would not work with a fairly old version like 4.7.1.
Of course, you could just download 5.3 and try again :) assuming you have the bandwidth. Volker's post also says "You need to compile from source. If you have the Tk development libraries installed, the compilation of python for Sage will pick up the dependencies." so I would be sure to have those installed, and then installing Sage *from source* should do it, maybe.