Tkinter install not working after pip install tk

Question

I need Tkinter to use in one of my projects as a button etc. i pip installed Tkinter with the code below as i followed a tutorial online and it said to

 pip install tk

is this not correct as when I import Tkinter import Tkinter . it says module not found?

I have tried to restart my project and have tried every possible pip install combination ever.

Please help explain Tia.

Answer 1

If you are using Python 3, Tkinter is built in. But you have to use a lowercase letter. Don't use "Tkinter", use "tkinter" instead.

Also, don't use "import tkinter", use "from tkinter import *", to import everything.

Example:

from tkinter import *
def command():
  print("Hello, world!")
root = Tk()
root.title("tkWindow")
btn = Button(root, text="Click Me!", command=command)
btn.pack()
root.mainloop()

Also, remember that when you import everything from Tkinter (using from tkinter import *), you don't use tk.Tk() or tk.Button(), you just have to use Tk() and Button().

This should work for you. Good luck, and happy coding!

Answer 2

For me, it depended on what version of python I was using. When I was trying to do turtle graphics for the first time, my Tkinter module wasn't importing. After from tkinter import Tk , it worked. When we moved to python 3.8.5, it clearly had tkinter built into python 3 already, so try pip installing (just in case), then try from tkinter import Tk again. If it isnt working, check to make sure that you're on the latest version of python!