On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 1:17 PM, lcrocker <l...@piclab.com> wrote:

> Am I mistaken in my belief that tkinter is a non-optional part of the
> Python language? I installed the "python3" package on Ubuntu, and
> tkinter is not included--it's an optional package "python3-tk" that
> has to be installed separately. I reported this as a bug as was
> summarily slapped down.
>
> Can we apply some pressure to Ubuntu to fix this? Python is a
> trademark, is it not? Can Ubuntu legally claim that their "Python"
> package is an implementation of the language if it does not include
> the whole language?
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>From here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter

Does this help?

Try the correct command for your version at the Python prompt:

>>> import Tkinter # no underscore, uppercase 'T' for versions prior to V3.0

>>> import tkinter # no underscore, lowercase 't' for V3.0 and later


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