ImportError: libtk8.6.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Question:
I am trying to add a GUI input box and I found out that the way you do that is by using a module called tkinter. While I was trying to install it on my arch linux machine through the ActivePython package I got the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/tkinter/__init__.py", line 36, in <module>
import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ImportError: libtk8.6.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
shell returned 1
Answers:
All you need to do is to install the tkinter package. Now universal precompiled packages such as ActivePython will not work, well at least it didn’t work for me. I don’t know if this problem occurs in other OSes but I know the solution for Linux: install the Tk package from a repository.
In Arch, Tk is available in the Arch repository. You don’t need aur for this, just type on the terminal:
sudo pacman -S tk
If you are on a Debian, Ubuntu or another Debian-based distro, just type on the terminal:
sudo apt-get install tk
On Fedora:
sudo dnf install tk
Tk is not to be mistaken with python-tk, which is a package for Python 2 (you shouldn’t need it unless you are working with legacy code).
I’m on Manjaro, use Gnome3 on Wayland. After installed tk I got an error about Xorg. So I use Google, and found I need to install python-pygubu from Visual editor for creating GUI in Python 3 tkinter.
And then another error like: Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: “murrine”. Also found a solution, to install gtk-engine-murrine form that link.
Install tk through command line
sudo pacman -S tk
sudo apt-get install tk
depending on your OS.
It will work.
import tk
or
import turtle # (turtle uses tk as a dependancy)
reproduces the error.
Also doing pip install does not removes the error.
So you must install tk through your package manager like mentioned above.
If you happen to be working with Alpine then the below command will install tk.
apk add tk
I am trying to add a GUI input box and I found out that the way you do that is by using a module called tkinter. While I was trying to install it on my arch linux machine through the ActivePython package I got the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/tkinter/__init__.py", line 36, in <module>
import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ImportError: libtk8.6.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
shell returned 1
All you need to do is to install the tkinter package. Now universal precompiled packages such as ActivePython will not work, well at least it didn’t work for me. I don’t know if this problem occurs in other OSes but I know the solution for Linux: install the Tk package from a repository.
In Arch, Tk is available in the Arch repository. You don’t need aur for this, just type on the terminal:
sudo pacman -S tk
If you are on a Debian, Ubuntu or another Debian-based distro, just type on the terminal:
sudo apt-get install tk
On Fedora:
sudo dnf install tk
Tk is not to be mistaken with python-tk, which is a package for Python 2 (you shouldn’t need it unless you are working with legacy code).
I’m on Manjaro, use Gnome3 on Wayland. After installed tk I got an error about Xorg. So I use Google, and found I need to install python-pygubu from Visual editor for creating GUI in Python 3 tkinter.
And then another error like: Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: “murrine”. Also found a solution, to install gtk-engine-murrine form that link.
Install tk through command line
sudo pacman -S tk
sudo apt-get install tk
depending on your OS.
It will work.
import tk
or
import turtle # (turtle uses tk as a dependancy)
reproduces the error.
Also doing pip install does not removes the error.
So you must install tk through your package manager like mentioned above.
If you happen to be working with Alpine then the below command will install tk.
apk add tk