Reputation: 5352
For some reason, I can't use the Tkinter
(or tkinter
, on Python 3) module.
After running the following command in the python shell:
import Tkinter
or this, in Python 3:
import tkinter
I got this error
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Tkinter'
or this:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tkinter'
What could be the reason for these errors and how can I solve it?
Upvotes: 470
Views: 1167158
Reputation: 1371
If you're using Python 3.9 on Mac, you can simply install tkinter
using Homebrew:
brew install python-tk@3.9
This fixed it for me.
As mentioned by others, you can also use the general command to install the latest version:
brew install python-tk
Upvotes: 99
Reputation: 23
Firstly, you should test your Python IDLE to see if you have tkinter:
import tkinter
tkinter._test()
Trying typing it, copy paste doesn't work.
So after 20 hours of trying every way that recommended on those websites, I figured out that you can't use "tkinter.py" or any other file name that contains "tkinter..etc.py". If you have the same problem, just change the file name.
Upvotes: -2
Reputation: 179
If it does not work in PyCharm, you can add the module in the project interpreter by searching in +button python-tkinter and download it.
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 328
Check apt for tasks. It may be marked for removal.
sudo apt autoremove
Then check and install as needed.
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 777
On CentOS 7, to get this working with Python 2, I had to do:
yum -y install tkinter
Noting this here because I thought that there would be a pip package, but instead, one needs to actually install an rpm package file.
Upvotes: 6
Reputation: 67
You just need to install it and import them in your project like this:
This code import to the command line:
sudo apt-get install python3-tk
After, import tkinter in your project:
from tkinter import *
Upvotes: 3
Reputation: 65682
For Windows 10, using either Visual Studio Code or PyCharm with Python 3.7.4, make sure Tk is ticked in the install. I tried import tkinter as xyz
with upper/lower t and k's and all variants without luck.
This works:
import tkinter
import _tkinter
tkinter._test()
An example in action:
import tkinter
import _tkinter
HEIGHT = 700
WIDTH = 800
root = tkinter.Tk()
canvas = tkinter.Canvas(root, height = HEIGHT, width=WIDTH)
canvas.pack()
frame = tkinter.Frame(root, bg='red')
frame.pack()
root.mainloop()
Upvotes: 10
Reputation: 89
Check the Python version you have installed by using command python --version
.
Check for the Tk module is installed correctly from the following code:
sudo apt-get install python3-tk
Check if you are using open-source OS then.
Check the tkinter module in the path /home/python/site-packages/tkinter, and change the path accordingly on your system.
Upvotes: 8
Reputation: 99
For Windows, try to reinstall Python and make sure that during the installation process in the "Optional Features" it has the "tcl/tk and IDLE" option enabled.
Upvotes: 4
Reputation: 1344
For Windows, make sure to check in the Python install the optional feature "tcl/tk and IDLE". Otherwise you get:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tkinter'
If Python is already installed without this optional feature, you need to amend the installation by launching again the Python installer and selecting Modify
.
NB: you won't be able pip install tkinter
, don't bother trying!
Upvotes: 68
Reputation: 165
On Linux it is possible to have installed two different versions of Python in my case 3.11 and 3.10. Only 3.10 was working with tkinter. 3.10 binary was located in my /usr/bin/python3 and 3.11 was located in /usr/local/sbin/python3. You can either specifically source the version you need or if you are SURE you don't need 3.11 at the moment, you can sudo cp /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/sbin/python3
assuming your working version is in bin like mine is.
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 594
To install the Tkinter on popular Linux distros:
Debian/Ubuntu:
sudo apt install python3-tk -y
Fedora:
sudo dnf install -y python3-tkinter
Arch:
sudo pacman -Syu tk --noconfirm
REHL/CentOS6/CentOS7:
sudo yum install -y python3-tkinter
OpenSUSE:
sudo zypper in -y python-tk
Upvotes: 49
Reputation: 46
If you have pip on your path, you could (in your command prompt) just type
pip install tkinter
Most versions of python already come with tkinter.
Upvotes: -1
Reputation: 25
try:
# for Python2
from Tkinter import * ## notice capitalized T in Tkinter
except ImportError:
try:
# for Python3
from tkinter import * ## notice lowercase 't' in tkinter here
except:
try:
print "Download Tkinter" ##python 2
except SyntaxError:
print("Download Tkinter") ##python 3
Upvotes: -2
Reputation: 13993
You probably need to install it using something similar to the following:
For Ubuntu or other distros with Apt:
sudo apt-get install python3-tk
For Fedora:
sudo dnf install python3-tkinter
You can also mention a Python version number like this:
sudo apt-get install python3.7-tk
sudo dnf install python3-tkinter-3.6.6-1.fc28.x86_64
Finally, import tkinter
(for Python 3) or Tkinter
(for Python 2), or choose at runtime based on the version number of the Python interpreter (for compatibility with both):
import sys
if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
import tkinter as tk
else:
import Tkinter as tk
Upvotes: 686
Reputation: 3854
I resolved my issue in the PyCharm do following
I also made a video instruction what I did https://youtu.be/awaURBnfwxk
Upvotes: 3
Reputation: 201
python -m pip install tk-tools
sudo apt install python3-tk
Upvotes: 13
Reputation: 35
We can use 2 types of methods for importing libraries
import library
from library import *
You can load tkinter using these ways:
from tkinter import*
import tkinter
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 29
Tkinter should come with the latest Python, I don't think it comes with Python2. I had the same problem but once. I upgraded to Python 3.8 Tkinter was installed.
Upvotes: 2
Reputation: 477
You might need to install for your specific version, I have known cases where this was needed when I was using many versions of python and one version in a virtualenv using for example python 3.7 was not importing tkinter I would have to install it for that version specifically.
For example
sudo apt-get install python3.7-tk
No idea why - but this has occured.
Upvotes: 23
Reputation: 23
--------- WORKED ON PYTHON 2.7------------
Install all below packages
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install python-tk
sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo apt install picolisp
sudo -H pip2 install --upgrade pip
sudo pip install -I pillow
sudo apt-get install python-imaging-tk
sudo apt-get install python-tk
Upvotes: -2
Reputation: 23453
tkinter comes with python... uninstall python, reinstall it, you're done
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 61
Make sure that when you are running your python code that it is in the python3 context. I had the same issue and all I had to do was input the command as:
sudo python3 REPLACE.py
versus
sudo python REPLACE.py
the latter code is incorrect because tkinter is apparently unnavailable in python1 or python2.
Upvotes: 5
Reputation: 174682
As you are using Python 3, the module has been renamed to tkinter
, as stated in the documentation:
Note Tkinter has been renamed to tkinter in Python 3. The 2to3 tool will automatically adapt imports when converting your sources to Python 3.
Upvotes: 94