Issue with Python module downloads from Library for a beginner Python coder.

[Bob van der Poel]

Do you have tkinter installed? The graphics.py module needs it to run.

On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 11:36 PM Sarvesh Poddar via Python-list <
python-list at python.org> wrote:

>  Hi,
> I am currently using Python 3.8.5 with IDLE environment that comes
> pre-installed with the Python application. I am using the book "An
> Introduction to computer science" by John Zelle as my reference.
> The problem I am facing is "There is a python program named "graphics.py"
> that is used as reference in the book and I downloaded the python file from
> internet (link to the file -
> https://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/graphics.py). I have kept this
> module in (C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32) and
> this is were my Python files also lie in C drive. The problem is that I am
> not able to import graphics.py file and when I try to do that following is
> the error I receive,
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>    import graphics
>   File
> "C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py",
> line 1
>     Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC v.1926
> 32 bit (Intel)] on win32           ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>  I have installed, uninstalled and then re-installed Python 3.8.5 multiple
> times but the problem remains. I did a thorough internet search and most of
> them suggested using sys path and following is the result,
>
> import sys>>> sys.path['',
> 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\Lib\\idlelib',
> 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\python38.zip',
> 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\DLLs',
> 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\lib',
> 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32',
> 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\lib\\site-packages']
> When I write a different line -  (from import graphics *), this is the
> output:
> from graphics import *Traceback (most recent call last):  File
> "<pyshell#3>", line 1, in <module>    from graphics import *  File
> "C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py",
> line 1    Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC
> v.1926 32 bit (Intel)] on win32           ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> Please do let me know if I am missing out something very basic.
> Thanks and I look forward.    On Saturday, 1 August, 2020, 07:54:19 am
> IST, boB Stepp <robertvstepp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 9:24 AM Sarvesh Poddar via Python-list
> <python-list at python.org> wrote:
>
> > I re-installed Python in my Windows system as the earlier one was not
> able to import modules...
>
> You do not provide much detail to diagnose what your problem(s)
> is(are).  By the "earlier one" is it the same version as the one you
> re-installed?  Were you able to run IDLE with the "earlier one"?  By
> not being able to import modules do you mean modules from Python's
> standard library?  Or do you mean installing third party libraries
> using pip?
>
> > ...But now I am not able to open IDLE after multiple tries.
>
> Have you looked in your start menu in the list of installed programs
> for Python?  If it is there did you expand it and see if there is an
> entry for IDLE?  How have you been trying (unsuccessfully) to open
> IDLE?
>
>
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> boB
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