_tkinter module needs tk module along with tcl. Force python to not be built with _tkinter. Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [distribution] Signed-off-by: Andrei Gherzan --- Python-2.7.9/setup.py.orig 2015-12-20 16:56:24.580951972 +0100 +++ Python-2.7.9/setup.py 2015-12-20 17:00:34.524083526 +0100 @@ -1762,10 +1762,11 @@ self.extensions.extend(exts) # Call the method for detecting whether _tkinter can be compiled - self.detect_tkinter(inc_dirs, lib_dirs) + # disable detection of tcl/tk and thus don't build python with _tkinter + #self.detect_tkinter(inc_dirs, lib_dirs) - if '_tkinter' not in [e.name for e in self.extensions]: - missing.append('_tkinter') + #if '_tkinter' not in [e.name for e in self.extensions]: + # missing.append('_tkinter') ## # Uncomment these lines if you want to play with xxmodule.c ## ext = Extension('xx', ['xxmodule.c'])