When I run idle from my terminal shell on Mac OX 10.10.5, I get the following message:

"Python 2.7.10 (default, Jul 14 2015, 19:46:27)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.39)] on darwin
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
WARNING: The version of Tcl/Tk (8.5.9) in use may be unstable.
Visit http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ for current information."

I went to the listed link and installed a newer version (8.6."something). Still get the warning. I assume I have to tell OS 10 how to find new version? How can I do that?

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When I run idle from my terminal shell on Mac OX 10.10.5, I get the following message:

"Python 2.7.10 (default, Jul 14 2015, 19:46:27) 
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.39)] on darwin
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
>>> WARNING: The version of Tcl/Tk (8.5.9) in use may be unstable.
Visit http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ for current information."

I went to the listed link and installed a newer version (8.6."something).  Still get the warning.  I assume I have to tell OS 10 how to find new version?  How can I do that?

anonymous · Answer

Correction, I installed version (8.5."something")  I heard that OS X looks for an 8.5 version, not an 8.6?  But the OS still doesn't seem to find the new version that is installed, and I assume I need to direct it there somehow???

rsmith6559 · Answer

I had 10.10.5 and I never got this message.  It makes me wonder if having X11 installed affects whether you get that warning.