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?
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
brew install python-tk –
Slaty Tcl support for Python 3.11 when installing. –
Warthog python --version; port search python | grep tk followed by the like of: sudo port install py311-tkinter –
Delmore 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.
If you're using python 3.9 on Mac, you can simply install tkinter using brew:
brew install [email protected]
This fixed it for me.
Edit:
As mentioned by others, you can also use the general command to install the latest version:
brew install python-tk
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!
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
tkintertable is not the same thing as the built-in tkinter module. –
Participate import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter' –
Dortch tkintertable is not the same thing, that's just a project that builds on top of tkinter. –
Hadwyn 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.
python -m pip install tk-tools
sudo apt install python3-tk
pip to install arbitrary PyPI modules that depend on the built-in tkinter module (like tk-tools here, or tkintertable in an answer below) as a solution to the built-in tkinter module not being available. It seems unlikely that that could possibly help, and even if it does somehow work, it's a pretty ugly solution, since you're left with the arbitrary third-party module installed that you probably don't want. –
Participate For Windows 10 using either VSCode 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.
What works is:
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()
_tkinter has any effect. tkinter automatically will import that. –
Punctuation import tkinter # notice lowercase 't' in tkinter here –
Localize check the python version you have installed by using command python --version
check for the Tk module installed correctly from following code
sudo apt-get install python3-tk
Check if you are using open-source OS then
check the tkinter module in the following path /home/python/site-packages/tkinter change the path accordingly your system
On CentOS7, to get this working with Python2, 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.
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.
sudo to things is a recipe for bad irreversible mistakes. Don't sudo unless it's actually needed. –
Sheffield 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.
You just need to install it and import them your project like that :
this code import to command line :
sudo apt-get install python3-tk
after import tkinter your project :
from tkinter import *
I resolved my issue in the PyCharm do following
I also made a video instruction what I did https://youtu.be/awaURBnfwxk
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.
if it doesnot work in pycharm you can add the module in the project interpreter by searching in +button python-tkinter and download it.
We can use 2 types of methods for importing libraries
import libraryfrom library import *You can load tkinter using these ways:
from tkinter import*
import tkinter
tkinter comes with python... uninstall python, reinstall it, you're done
Check apt for tasks, it may be marked for removed
sudo apt autoremove
Then check and install needed
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.
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
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.
--------- 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
git, and PIL? Also why are you installing another programming language (picolisp)? Btw you are installing tkinter (sudo apt-get install python-tk) twice. You can shorten this answer to just: sudo pip install --upgrade pip and sudo apt-get install python-tk. –
Escalator 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 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.
cmd - terminal
pip install tkinter
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