Can't start IDLE on mac os x high sierra can't import Tkinter

[Terry Reedy]

On 12/15/2017 6:37 AM, ceiussandicus at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, I've been trying to get python 3.4.3 (needed for programming course) on my mac, running High Sierra.
> I've installed python and activetcl 8.5.18 as per instructions. When I start IDLE from finder it flashes in the dock and disappears. When I start it from terminal, I get the following response:
> ** IDLE can't import Tkinter.
> Your Python may not be configured for Tk. **
> I've googled for the answer but I can't find anything, the closest I got was to this https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/2665 but I'm not sure if it is this issue or not.
> Can someone help me get started using python?

I don't have a Mac, but I know that
https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/
has some fairly exacting instructions at the bottom on how to get Python 
to find the newly installed tcl/tk.  You should probably specify rather 
exactly what you did.  There are multiple issues on bugs.python.org and 
questions on stackoverflow.

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Terry Jan Reedy