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gwood
gwood

Reputation: 53

I can't find IDLE after I install Python with Homebrew

I've recently moved myself over to macOS so apologies if this is a very silly question, but I've installed Python 3 using brew install python, and although it's available to use as expected via a CLI, I can't for the life of me find IDLE anywhere on my system, and can't launch it using anything like Spotlight.

Have I missed something when installing?

Thanks! 😁

Upvotes: 5

Views: 4425

Answers (1)

Owain Williams
Owain Williams

Reputation: 2627

On my machine (macOS Monterey version 12.3.1) IDLE is symlinked at /usr/local/bin/idle3 i.e. I can run it using idle3 (note the 3, not just idle)

idle3

I had to also install Tkinter using brew install python-tk because on first run IDLE complained it couldn't import Tkinter

** IDLE can't import Tkinter.
Your Python may not be configured for Tk. **

brew install python-tk

After that IDLE worked as expected and a Python shell window is opened.

Thanks to the Installing Python 3 on MacOS DevDungeon page for pointing me at idle3 and this answer to the Tkinter: "Python may not be configured for Tk" question on Stack Overflow.

Upvotes: 13

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