Ubuntu package "python3" does not include tkinter

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:10:58 +0200, Sibylle Koczian wrote:

> Am 19.04.2013 19:42, schrieb lcrocker:
>> I understand that for something like a server distribution, but Ubuntu
>> is a user-focused desktop distribution. It has a GUI, always. The
>> purpose of a distro like that is to give users a good experience. If I
>> install Python on Windows, I get to use Python. On Ubuntu, I don't, and
>> I think that will confuse some users. I recently recommended Python to
>> a friend who wants to start learning programming. Hurdles like this
>> don't help someone like him.
> 
> It's _so_ easy to install an additional package on Ubuntu that that
> really shouldn't be called a 'hurdle'. Using tkinter or any other GUI
> toolkit is much more difficult for a beginner.

It's only easy to install a package on Ubuntu if you know that you have 
to, and can somehow work out the name of the package.



-- 
Steven