python ImportError: No module named Tkinter

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Every time I tried to run import matplotlib, I have error ImportError: No module named Tkinter.

The output result is as listed below:

Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug  2 2016, 04:20:16) 
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 115, in <module>
_backend_mod, new_figure_manager, draw_if_interactive, _show = pylab_setup()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/__init__.py", line 32, in pylab_setup
globals(),locals(),[backend_name],0)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py", line 6, in <module>
from six.moves import tkinter as Tk
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six.py", line 203, in load_module
mod = mod._resolve()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six.py", line 115, in _resolve
return _import_module(self.mod)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six.py", line 82, in _import_module
__import__(name)
ImportError: No module named Tkinter

I tried to install the tk.x86_64 and tk-devel.x86_64 packages, and tried to reinstall the python package but the error still appeared. Also I tried to import Tkinter but I got the following error.

Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug  2 2016, 04:20:16) 
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import Tkinter
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named Tkinter

Does anyone have a workaround for this error?

hxysayhi · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-05 16:10:40Z

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I'm using python2.7.12 on ubuntu16.04. I installed it with this command:

sudo apt-get install python-tk

answered Jan 5, 2018 at 16:10

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a3abdelhafez · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-24 21:18:44Z

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I tried to install tkinter package for python2.7.5 from the following link: tkinter package Also I found there is dependency library libTix.so()(64bit) for tkinter package and i got it from the following link: libTix.so()(64bit) package after that i installed both then I could import Tkinter and import matplotlib.pyplot as plt with no errors.

answered Feb 24, 2017 at 21:18

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Sun Bear Over a year ago

Glad you managed to install the packages you needed and fixed your problem.

Sun Bear · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-24 10:15:36Z

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My 2 cents. Open a terminal and type the following.

$ python
Python 2.7.12 (default, Nov 19 2016, 06:48:10) 
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import Tkinter
>>>

If you do not get an error like below then your Tkinter is fine and the problem is with matplotlib. Then try removing and reinstalling matplotlib.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named tkinter

answered Feb 24, 2017 at 10:15

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a3abdelhafez Over a year ago

I forgot to add i tried to import Tkinter and i have got mentioned error as following

python 2.7.5 (default, Aug  2 2016, 04:20:16)  [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import Tkinter Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named Tkinter

phoenix007 · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-06 12:28:49Z

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I was getting the error "ImportError: No module named '_tkinter'" for python3.5 in-spite of installing python3-tk and tkinter-dev.

It showed the error in following file:

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/tkinter/init.py", line 35, in import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk

It got resolved for me by simply running the python from /usr/bin like /usr/bin/python3.5 from terminal!

In short, please ensure the python version being run from terminal has the tkinter installed and configured :)

My PC configuration: Ubuntu16.04 with default python2.7 and python3.5

edited Jan 6, 2019 at 12:28

answered Jan 1, 2019 at 14:07

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Kevin · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-22 14:25:38Z

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I faced the same issue on a RHEL 7 machine. There was no python-tk package that could be installed. I found the solution here which solved the issue for me:

sudo yum install tkinter

This should work for RHEL machines using Python 2.

answered Jul 22, 2020 at 14:25

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