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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 01 2010 - 10:23:41 CDT

Hi,
  If you want to use VMD with Python, the current best approach
is to:
  1) Get your favorite version of Python installed, along with the
     various required modules, along with a Tcl/Tk 8.5.x version that
     is compatible with the tkinter module you're going to use.
  2) Compile VMD from source code, against your locally installed
     Tcl/Tk and Python, etc.

So long as you have all of the pieces compiled correctly, it should
work fine. The trouble usually comes in when Python and Tk don't get along,
numpy/numeric aren't installed, or similar issues.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:20:09AM -0500, Seth Burleigh wrote:
> Im trying to get python to work on ubuntu 10.04. Ive downgraded to
> python2.5, installed python-tk, and import Tkinter works when i type
> python into the command prompt. However, when i do vmd -python, i get the
> error ImportError:/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so: undefined
> symbol: PyFPE_jbuf.
> I also deleted vmd's custom version of Tkinter, which i thought was
> causing the problem at first, so its using the tkinter installed with
> python2.5
> I also tried checking where the executable it was using was located, it
> was /usr/bin/python, which was wrong since that was python2.6 on my
> system, so i made a symbolic link from /usr/bin/python to python2.5, and
> it still didn't work! (same error)..
> Anyone? 

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