Why is there no tkinter distribution found?

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I am having a problem during the installation of tkinter. I have version 2.7.11. I entered the pip install tkinter on dos but it shows the following message:

collecting tkinter

Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement tkinter (from versions:) No matching distribution found for tkinter

I have successfully installed flask with the same procedure, but for tkinter it is showing problem. How can I get rid of this problem?

Where did you get Python? The standard distribution includes Tcl and Tkinter. — TigerhawkT3, Oct 08 '16 at 04:42
Does 'on dos' mean Windows? If you want answers, answer Tigerhawk's question. — Terry Jan Reedy, Jun 09 '17 at 18:45

score 40 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 07 '17 at 16:00

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You should install

apt-get install python-tk

This should solve your issue

answered Jan 07 '17 at 16:00

Senthil Kumar Vaithiyanathan

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Depends on what OS is being used. – Terry Jan Reedy Jun 09 '17 at 18:45
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In my case it was `apt-get install python3-tk` – carbocation Oct 18 '18 at 16:55
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if not root user then sudo apt-get install python3-tk – blueDexter Mar 20 '20 at 11:23
Yes but not for windows... – Farshid Ahmadi Aug 18 '22 at 07:28

score 25 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 08 '16 at 06:40

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The Tkinter library comes in default with every Python installation

Try this:

import Tkinter as tk

answered Oct 08 '16 at 06:40

Prabhakar

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oh yes i got that , i think i got stuck at the caps , i used `import tkinter ` rather than `import Tkinter ` i dint thought that this issue may arise , well thanks for the answer ! – Hissaan Ali Oct 08 '16 at 13:39
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@Syed `tkinter` will be correct when you use 3.x. The names of submodules also change. `TkFont` becomes `tkinter.font`. And so on. – Terry Jan Reedy Oct 08 '16 at 23:36
@Prabhakar , got that ! – Hissaan Ali Oct 15 '16 at 04:12
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@Terry Jan Reedy: I am using 3.6 and import tkinter does not work. And when trying pip install tkinter, I get 'No matching distribution' also. – Yster Jun 08 '17 at 14:47
I get the same @SyedHissaan problem with "pip install Tkinter". The system returns an error message when I run on jupyter `import Tkinter as tk` ---> `ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Tkinter'` – Andrea Ciufo Sep 04 '18 at 10:30
If you have python 2.x and 3.x installed on your machine as me, make sure you use `python3 XXX.py` instead of `python XXX.py` to run this script. – sh87 Nov 01 '18 at 18:53
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Tkinter' – alper Dec 03 '20 at 23:10

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 18 '21 at 15:33

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This will work for tkinter installment

pip install tk
python -m pip install tk

answered Jun 18 '21 at 15:33

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 16 '18 at 17:54

Follow this guide to install "tkinter". However now with Python version 3.1 onwards, it is part of the standard python distribution.

You can also install it using sudo apt-get install python3-tk-dbg, if you are in virtualenv. (Same can be done for normal installation, not just virtualenv)

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 14 '19 at 12:42

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to find your package run:

sudo yum search python|grep tk

mine was:

yum install python3-tkinter.x86_64

answered Mar 14 '19 at 12:42

costamatrix

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered May 01 '21 at 13:27

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On a MacBook use brew install python-tk

The error will be sorted out.

answered May 01 '21 at 13:27

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 24 '22 at 02:50

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Windows

You may not have ticked tkinter during installation.

Download the latest version of python from python.org
Run the installer
Click modify
Select the Tk checkbox (and anything else you want)
And continue through the installation.

Done.

answered Aug 24 '22 at 02:50

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered May 28 '20 at 20:46

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I was able to fix this on Amazon Linux 2 with python2.7 by running this sudo yum install python-tools -y command.

answered May 28 '20 at 20:46

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this did not work for me on CentOS 7 with python3.6.8 – con Mar 12 '21 at 18:26

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 12 '18 at 15:01

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I had to install python3-tk manually before it worked (via apt-get)

answered Sep 12 '18 at 15:01

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Mar 21 '19 at 14:51

the below answer in for Windows:

after installing Tk in your windows machine by following the instructions mentioned in the following link (https://tkdocs.com/tutorial/install.html#installwin), import tkinter as tk (for python3) or import Tkinter as tk (for python2). FYI - 'Tkinter' has been renamed as 'tkinter' in python3. It worked well for me.

score 0 · Answer 11 · edited Apr 05 '19 at 17:08

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pip shown Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement python--tkinter (from versions: ) No matching distribution found for python--tkinter You are using pip version 10.0.1, however version 19.0.3 is available. You should consider upgrading via the python -m pip install --upgrade pip command.

edited Apr 05 '19 at 17:08

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answered Apr 05 '19 at 16:45

ongja teenage

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you can't install tkinter with pip – Bryan Oakley Nov 03 '19 at 19:50

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 02 '21 at 07:21

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import Tkinter as tk

Notice the T. This was changed in python 3.x

answered Jun 02 '21 at 07:21

Saifullah Bin Khaki

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This answer is the same as the one of Hissaan Ali Shah. – alexopoulos7 Jun 02 '21 at 08:01

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Jun 30 '21 at 19:23

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just go on cmd and type pip intall Tk interface, i thinks this is the full true name of tkinter module

answered Jun 30 '21 at 19:23

Young Finn

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Oct 09 '22 at 13:11

I was running a Flask application in the almaLinux docker image and my fix for this was.

yum install python39* -y 
#Be aware this will install Everything including things you don't need.

So this could be a simply case of you need to install the right package for the version of Python you are using.

score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Jan 09 '23 at 12:18

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T of Tkinter should be lowercase

Not

 import Tkinter as tk

Use as folow:

import tkinter as tk

or

from tkinter import * 
not : from Tkinter import *

answered Jan 09 '23 at 12:18

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