debian:~# cd /root/Desktop/Downloads/tk8.4.12/unix
debian:~/Desktop/Downloads/tk8.4.12/unix# ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for Tcl configuration... (cached) found /root/Desktop/Downloads/tcl8.4.12/unix/tclConfig.sh
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creating tkConfig.sh
debian:~/Desktop/Downloads/tk8.4.12/unix# make
gcc -pipe -c -O2  -Wall -Wno-implicit-int -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC -I/root/Desktop/Downloads/tk8.4.12/unix -I/root/Desktop/Downloads/tk8.4.12/unix/../generic -I/root/Desktop/Downloads/tk8.4.12/unix/../bitmaps -I/root/Desktop/Downloads/tcl8.4.12/generic -I/usr/X11R6/include -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DPEEK_XCLOSEIM=1 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE=1 -DTCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE=long\ long -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT64=1 -DHAVE_OPEN64=1 -DHAVE_LSEEK64=1 -DHAVE_TYPE_OFF64_T=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1 -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_PW_GECOS=1      -DTCL_NO_DEPRECATED  -DUSE_TCL_STUBS  -DTK_LIBRARY=\"/usr/local/lib/tk8.4\" \
    /root/Desktop/Downloads/tk8.4.12/unix/tkUnixInit.c
rm -f libtk8.4.so
gcc -pipe -shared -o libtk8.4.so tk3d.o tkArgv.o tkAtom.o tkBind.o tkBitmap.o tkClipboard.o tkCmds.o tkColor.o tkConfig.o tkConsole.o tkCursor.o tkError.o tkEvent.o tkFocus.o tkFont.o tkGet.o tkGC.o tkGeometry.o tkGrab.o tkGrid.o tkMain.o tkObj.o tkOldConfig.o tkOption.o tkPack.o tkPlace.o tkSelect.o tkStyle.o tkUndo.o tkUtil.o tkVisual.o tkWindow.o tkButton.o tkEntry.o tkFrame.o tkListbox.o tkMenu.o tkMenubutton.o tkMenuDraw.o tkMessage.o tkPanedWindow.o tkScale.o tkScrollbar.o tkCanvas.o tkCanvArc.o tkCanvBmap.o tkCanvImg.o tkCanvLine.o tkCanvPoly.o tkCanvPs.o tkCanvText.o tkCanvUtil.o tkCanvWind.o tkRectOval.o tkTrig.o tkImage.o tkImgBmap.o tkImgGIF.o tkImgPPM.o tkImgPhoto.o tkText.o tkTextBTree.o tkTextDisp.o tkTextImage.o tkTextIndex.o tkTextMark.o tkTextTag.o tkTextWind.o tkStubInit.o tkStubLib.o tkUnix.o tkUnix3d.o tkUnixButton.o tkUnixColor.o tkUnixConfig.o tkUnixCursor.o tkUnixDraw.o tkUnixEmbed.o tkUnixEvent.o tkUnixFocus.o tkUnixFont.o tkUnixInit.o tkUnixKey.o tkUnixMenu.o tkUnixMenubu.o tkUnixScale.o tkUnixScrlbr.o tkUnixSelect.o tkUnixSend.o tkUnixWm.o tkUnixXId.o  -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -ldl -lieee -lm -L/root/Desktop/Downloads/tcl8.4.12/unix -ltclstub8.4   -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib
gcc -pipe -O2    -Wl,--export-dynamic tkAppInit.o -L/root/Desktop/Downloads/tk8.4.12/unix -ltk8.4 \
        -L/root/Desktop/Downloads/tcl8.4.12/unix -ltcl8.4  -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -ldl -lieee -lm  -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib -o wish
debian:~/Desktop/Downloads/tk8.4.12/unix# make install
Creating package index /usr/local/lib/tk8.4/pkgIndex.tcl
Installing libtk8.4.so to /usr/local/lib/
Installing wish as /usr/local/bin/wish8.4
Installing tkConfig.sh to /usr/local/lib/
Installing libtkstub8.4.a to /usr/local/lib/
Installing header files
Installing library files to /usr/local/lib/tk8.4
Installing library images directory
Installing translation directory
Installing demos to /usr/local/lib/tk8.4/demos/
Installing demo images
Installing and cross-linking top-level (.1) docs
Installing and cross-linking C API (.3) docs
Installing and cross-linking command (.n) docs
debian:~/Desktop/Downloads/tk8.4.12/unix# whereis tk
tk: /usr/lib/tk8.4 /usr/local/lib/tk8.4 /usr/share/tk8.4
debian:~/Desktop/Downloads/tk8.4.12/unix# python
Python 2.4.2 (#1, Dec 30 2005, 17:09:31)
[GCC 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import tk
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named tk
>>>