[Tutor] tkinter

[Mark Lawrence]

On 30/09/18 08:47, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> On 30/09/18 02:22, Jorge Herrera wrote:
>> Hello, I'm new to Python and I've been having a frustrating time with
>> python because I'm trying to import tkinter and it's saying that tkinter is
>> not defined, that it doesn't exist
> 
> That suggests that Tkinter is not installed on your system.
> What OS are you using?
>

It could be as simple as the spelling, it's Tkinter for Python 2 but 
tkinter for Python 3.

> If it is Linux then its common that you have to install tkinter
> separately from the basic python package. Its usually called
> python-tkinter or somesuch in the package manager.
> Be sure to match the version number with your Python version.
> 
> If its MacOS then the system python doesn't (or didn't last
> time I tried)  come with tkinter so you need to download
> the latest MacOS python installer and install it (Do not
> uninstall the system version though - the OS needs it!)
> 
> On Windows tkinter should be present.
> 
> If the suggestions above don't work then come back to
> us with more details:
> - Your OS
> - Your Python version
> - A cut n' paste of the full error message that you get
> 
> HTH
> 

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Mark Lawrence