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Probem importing tkinter - GarDebs - Jun-05-2019

Hi

I'm trying to teach my son Python programming... we're using Spyder on Ubuntu.

I'm trying to use this code...

from tkinter import *
import tkinter

tk = Tk()
canvas = Canvas(tk, width=500, height=400)
tk.title("drawing")
canvas.pack()

canvas.mainloop()

However,I keep getting this error

ImportError: No module named tkinter

I've tried installing python3-tk using apt-get but still no joy.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards
Gary

RE: Probem importing tkinter - Yoriz - Jun-05-2019

If import Tkinter works you are using python 2, import tkinter is python 3.

RE: Probem importing tkinter - Denni - Jun-05-2019

And I have validated that as I am only using python 3.7 and I was able to copy that code and run it without issue. So if you do have python 3 loaded perhaps you are inadvertently still referencing python 2

RE: Probem importing tkinter - joe_momma - Jun-06-2019

tkinter is usually installed with the default install of python. Open up your teminal
and enter: python3
you should have an output similar but with your version:

Output:Python 3.5.3 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:11:04) 
[GCC 6.3.0 20170124] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

then enter your import of tkinter

import tkinter

if no error it's installed..