ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter' on macOS [duplicate]

Question

Tkinter doesn't work, it throws an error.

Installation:

% pip3 install tk

My code:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import tkinter as tk

The error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/arghadip/Library/Application Support/CodeRunner/Unsaved/Untitled.py", line 4, in <module>
    import tkinter as tk
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/tkinter/__init__.py", line 37, in <module>
    import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter'

Ashla

_tkinter, so your python might not be configured for tkinter – Shanitashank

how do I configure it? – Ashla

brew install python-tk try – Shanitashank

It worked, but can you tell me what is pip3 install tk then? – Ashla

@Ashla tk is tensorkit on pypi, not tkinter. pypi.org/project/tk – Eddi

Answer 1

For Python3 tkinter can be simply installed by,

brew install python-tk

pip sometimes wont work successfully on my Mac, especially with the High Sierra OS version. Brew can be used to install all kinds of software packages in mac.

Nitza

It worked for me. a point to note is: I'm using python 3.10 so I have to specify version when install tk like brew install [email protected] otherwise it won't work. – Tenatenable

Thanks, Richard! It worked for me with the version. – Centric

Thanks @Richard, after trying zillions of other posted solutions, this did the trick – Misshape

On Mac OS make sure you have Command Line Tools installed from Xcode first. xcode-select --install. – Wieland

Answer 2

I was having the same issue with the module name change in Python2 to Python3.. as stated in the previous post, "brew install python-tk" worked for me. I'm running the following:

• Python 3.9.13 64-bit
• vsCode 1.68.0
• macOS Monterey

Depict

Answer 3

If you are in macOS, you can run the below commands to install python-tk. I have tested it on the latest macOS Ventura 13.1 and it worked like a charm.

sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/share /usr/local/share/man /usr/local/share/man/man8 chmod u+w /usr/local/share /usr/local/share/man /usr/local/share/man/man8

brew install python-tk

Jahdiel