Python error regarding libtk version

Question

I downloaded the pyvnc2swf PKGBUILD from AUR and installed the package; when I tried to run it, I got an error about 'unable to find libtk8.4.so', so I did the usual trick and symlinked libtk8.5.so in /usr/lib to that name.
Now I get the following error message, and I'm unsure how to resolve the problem:
dave@kaminoitte:/usr/lib$ pyvnc2swf
Using pygame 1.7.1release
Using pymedia 1.3.5
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pyvnc2swf", line 373, in ?
if __name__ == "__main__": main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/usr/bin/pyvnc2swf", line 371, in main
debug=debug).run()
File "/usr/bin/pyvnc2swf", line 108, in __init__
self.root = Tkinter.Tk()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1571, in __init__
self._loadtk()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1589, in _loadtk
raise RuntimeError,
RuntimeError: tk.h version (8.4) doesn't match libtk.a version (8.5)
Any help would be greatly appreciated 

Answer 1

Snowman wrote:You are using the tk.h for version 8.4. Do you have multiple tk.h headers installed? What does
$ grep TK_VERSION /usr/include/tk.h
gives you. If it's 8.4, you need the headers for 8.5. You could try to change the TK_VERSION and  TK_PATCH_LEVEL in tk.h to make it beleive that it's the header of 8.5. It might not work though. Or get the correct headers for 8.5.
dave@kaminoitte:/home/dave/.fvwm$ grep TK_VERSION /usr/include/tk.h
#define TK_VERSION "8.5"
They seem correct :shock:
*checks for multiple instances of tk.h*
dave@kaminoitte:/home/dave/.fvwm$ locate tk.h | grep /tk.h
/usr/include/tk.h
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux-thread-multi/Tk/pTk/tk.h
hmm..
dave@kaminoitte:/home/dave/.fvwm$ grep TK_VERSION /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux-thread-multi/Tk/pTk/tk.h
#define TK_VERSION "8.4"
aha!
So... I symlinked /usr/include/tk.h to /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux-thread-multi/Tk/pTk/tk.h , meaning both are TK_VERSION "8.5"; still pyvnc2swf complains though, so there's obviously something I need to update. I don't know what that is (if you could tell me so I know for the future, that'd be great ^_^), so I'm going for a reboot now...