Ubuntu package "python3" does not include tkinter

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:36:38 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> It's only when I actually try to do something that requires an X
>> display that it will fail. I won't show the entire traceback, because
>> it is long and not particularly enlightening, but the final error
>> message explains exactly why it isn't working:
>>
>> _tkinter.TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable
> 
> You presumably have a system to test this on. Can you try using ssh -X
> to get to it, and then retry that action? It looks like you actually
> have everything you need, just no display... which is exactly what you'd
> get if you ssh to something that has a real GUI. Not a dependency
> problem.

I didn't say it was a dependency problem. I'm just demonstrating that it 
is possible for tkinter code to fail even if all the dependencies are 
met; and on the other hand, it is useful to be able to import tkinter 
even if you cannot display any tkinter windows.


-- 
Steven