[issue31817] Compilation Error with Python 3.6.1/3.6.3 with Tkinter

[Josh Cullum]

Josh Cullum <joshua.cullum at gmail.com> added the comment:

Hi Ned,

I've built a new machine, tried the build again using Tk and Tcl shared libraries, built Python-3.6.3 and it's still not worked.

The Python/3.6.3-foss-2017b/lib/python3.6/tkinter folder gets created and populated with several files, but when you try and import tkinter in python, it fails to import with:

>>> import tkinter
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/tools/apps/Python/3.6.3-foss-2017b/lib/python3.6/tkinter/__init__.py", line 36, in <module>
    import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter'

Running __init__.py from the tkinter folder produces this output:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "__init__.py", line 36, in <module>
    import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter'

I'm guessing something is failing to build correctly but it's not being logged.

Both Tk and Tcl versions 8.6.6 and 8.6.7 are available and working on the system.

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