how to install tkinter with Pycharm?

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I used sudo apt-get install python3.6-tk and it works fine. Tkinter works if I open python in terminal, but I cannot get it installed on my Pycharm project. pip install command says it cannot find Tkinter. I cannot find python-tk in the list of possible installs either.

Is there a way to get Tkinter just standard into every virtualenv when I make a new project in Pycharm?

Edit: on Linux Mint

Edit2: It is a clear problem of Pycharm not getting tkinter guys. If I run my local python file from terminal it works fine. Just that for some reason Pycharm cannot find anything tkinter related.

https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/205820229-GUI-Using-Tkinter — Elliott Frisch, Dec 15 '18 at 22:02
From the link: *To continue the Ubuntu example, you would need to install either the `python-tkinter` package or `python3-tkinter`, depending again on python 2.x (default) or python 3.x.* `sudo apt-get install python3-tkinter` — Elliott Frisch, Dec 15 '18 at 22:30
Like I said, I installed it, it works fine outside Pycharm, just not in Pycharm. I am using python 3.7 and neither tkinter or Tkinter works. — TheProgramMAN123, Dec 15 '18 at 22:34
It does not for me, none of the solutions here solve the problem in Pycharm on Linux Mint. I ended up using just VScode. A whole bunch of modules are bugged out for me on Pycharm. Maybe it works for the paid version, who knows. — TheProgramMAN123, Nov 03 '19 at 20:39

Dinko Pehar · Answer 1 · 2019-09-26T08:59:19.620

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For python 2 use:

sudo apt-get install python-tk

For python 3 use:

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

When you display info about packages it states:

Tkinter - Writing Tk applications with Python2 (or Python 3.x)

But my assumption is that PyCharm created it's own virtualenv for you project, so you are probably using wrong python interpreter in PyCharm.

Open your PyCharm project. Go to File->Settings->Project->Project Interpreter. At top, you will see what python interpreter is PyCharm using for a current project. If that's not the system one you have, find path to system interpreter and add it to Python Interpreters in PyCharm.

More details on PyCharm Documentation.

edited Sep 26 '19 at 08:59

answered Dec 16 '18 at 09:18

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score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '19 at 18:17

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Make sure you use the right import statement for your version of Python.

Python 2.7

from Tkinter import *

For Python 3.x

from tkinter import *

answered Jul 03 '19 at 18:17

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Anukaran Subedi · Answer 3 · 2022-10-13T12:32:47.370

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Pycharm is having problems with tkinter probably because you're using the flatpak version. I had the same problem with Pycharm as well as VSCode. It wouldn't recognize module tkinter. I tried using the snap version of Pycharm and now it is working perfectly fine. I think you should give it a try before looking for tkinter.

sudo snap install pycharm-community --classic

edited Oct 13 '22 at 12:32

answered Oct 13 '22 at 12:31

Anukaran Subedi

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 15 '18 at 22:16

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Python already has tkinter installed. It is a base module, like random or time, therefore you don't need to install it.

answered Dec 15 '18 at 22:16

Sam

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Then why do I get the error ModuleNotFoundErr: No modlue named 'Tkinter' when I try to use matplotlib – TheProgramMAN123 Dec 15 '18 at 22:18
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@sam, tkinter is not pre-installed on linux, at least not on all distros – buran Dec 16 '18 at 09:31

Tharindu Kumara · Answer 5 · 2021-09-19T05:50:09.520

Pycharm comes with tkinter by default. But there are some circumstances that your installation might be missing tkinter. In that case you have to follow below mentioned steps.

For python 2 use:

sudo apt-get install python-tk

For python 3 use:

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

When you display info about packages it states:

Basically you have to import it

from tkinter import *

top = Tk()
# Code to add widgets will go here...
top.mainloop()

score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 09 '20 at 13:22

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To install tkinter in Pycharm, install the module “future” and restart pycharm. Tkinter will be imported, to access it use:

from future.moves import tkinter

If it don't work for you, search where tkinter lies in "future" package using cmd:

$ find . -name "*tkinter*"

and import accordingly.

answered Jun 09 '20 at 13:22

Ritesh Mishra

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you can check my solution from here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53797598/how-to-install-tkinter-with-pycharm/68347377#68347377 – Vishwa Pratap Jul 12 '21 at 12:29

score -2 · Answer 7 · edited Dec 23 '20 at 16:45

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For Python 3.8:

sudo apt-get install python3.8-tk

edited Dec 23 '20 at 16:45

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answered Dec 23 '20 at 16:17

Gabriel Stremțan

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