ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter' on macOS
Question:
Tkinter doesn’t work, it throws an error.
Installation
% pip3 install tk
My code
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import tkinter as tk
The Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/arghadip/Library/Application Support/CodeRunner/Unsaved/Untitled.py", line 4, in <module>
import tkinter as tk
File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/tkinter/__init__.py", line 37, in <module>
import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter'
Answers:
For Python3 tkinter can be simply installed by,
brew install python-tk
pip sometimes wont work successfully on my Mac, especially with the High Sierra OS version. Brew can be used to install all kinds of software packages in mac.
I was having the same issue with the module name change in Python2 to Python3.. as stated in the previous post, "brew install python-tk" worked for me. I’m running the following:
- Python 3.9.13 64-bit
- vsCode 1.68.0
- macOS Monterey
If you are in macOS, you can run the below commands to install python-tk. I have tested it on the latest macOS Ventura 13.1 and it worked like a charm.
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/share /usr/local/share/man /usr/local/share/man/man8
chmod u+w /usr/local/share /usr/local/share/man /usr/local/share/man/man8
brew install python-tk
Tkinter doesn’t work, it throws an error.
Installation
% pip3 install tk
My code
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import tkinter as tk
The Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/arghadip/Library/Application Support/CodeRunner/Unsaved/Untitled.py", line 4, in <module>
import tkinter as tk
File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/tkinter/__init__.py", line 37, in <module>
import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter'
For Python3 tkinter can be simply installed by,
brew install python-tk
pip sometimes wont work successfully on my Mac, especially with the High Sierra OS version. Brew can be used to install all kinds of software packages in mac.
I was having the same issue with the module name change in Python2 to Python3.. as stated in the previous post, "brew install python-tk" worked for me. I’m running the following:
- Python 3.9.13 64-bit
- vsCode 1.68.0
- macOS Monterey
If you are in macOS, you can run the below commands to install python-tk. I have tested it on the latest macOS Ventura 13.1 and it worked like a charm.
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/share /usr/local/share/man /usr/local/share/man/man8
chmod u+w /usr/local/share /usr/local/share/man /usr/local/share/man/man8
brew install python-tk