Activetcl 8.5.18 download for mac os x#
Activetcl 8.5.18 download mac os x#
Activetcl 8.5.18 download mac os#

Seems like my concerns are real, so I now need get Python to use the recommended version. (Note, you should normally not modify or delete files in /System/Library.)

Activetcl 8.5.18 download mac os#

If frameworks of the proper major version are not found there, the dynamic linker looks for the same version in /System/Library/Frameworks, the location for Apple-supplied frameworks shipped with Mac OS X. This is the standard location for third-party or built from source frameworks, including the ActiveTcl releases.

Activetcl 8.5.18 download mac os x#

By default, the Mac OS X dynamic linker looks first in /Library/Frameworks for Tcl and Tk frameworks with the proper major version. In either case, the dynamically linking occurs when tkinter (Python 3) or Tkinter (Python 2) is first imported (specifically, the internal _tkinter C extension module).

Activetcl 8.5.18 download for mac os x#

32-bit-only Python installers for Mac OS X dynamically link to Tcl/Tk 8.4 frameworks. The Python 64-bit/32-bit Mac OS X installers for Python 3.5.x, 3.4.x, 3.3.x, 3.2.x, and 2.7.x dynamically link to Tcl/Tk 8.5 frameworks. The Tcl/Tk major version is determined when the installer is created and cannot be overridden. The Python for Mac OS X installers downloaded from this website dynamically link at runtime to Tcl/Tk Mac OS X frameworks. References to a specific version of Tk assume the corresponding version of Tcl is installed as well. You should not attempt to mix-and-match Tcl and Tk versions. While Tcl and Tk are separate frameworks and libraries, they are closely related and are normally installed or updated simultaneously. How Python Chooses Which Tk Library To Use Do the Apple native and the ActiveState Tcl/Tk frameworks now coexist on my system in different locations, and is the behavior of the dynamic linker determined only at run time, or does it point to the Tcl/Tk framework to be used when Python is installed? My concern is that the Python installer could have linked Python to the pre-existing Tcl/Tk (I think Apple 8.5.9) rather than the recommended version from ActiveState. The excerpt below (specifically the parts I highlighted in red) is what gave me pause. I first installed Python 3.5.2 and then the Tcl/Tk package, but after re-reading the above linked page I am wondering if the installation order is critical and should have been reversed. The information I was going on is here at: Per recommendation I also installed Tcl/Tk from ActiveState (ActiveTcl8.6.24-macosx10.5-i386-x86_64-threaded.dmg). Fun stuff for me but, with non-existant to minimal unix skills, I need some help getting started. It looks to be a painless way to learn Python and review familiar programming concepts. I just bought the new programming course from The Teaching Company and am setting up to play with Python.