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DanielD

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Registered: 2013-02-28

Posts: 10

[SOLVED] Python2 - Tkinter not found

Hi,
I'm launching python2 in a terminal, then :

>>> from Tkinter import *
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 39, in <module>
    import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ImportError: libtk8.6.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I've installed python2 from pacman without issues.

Last edited by DanielD (2013-11-07 08:53:48)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Python2 - Tkinter not found

tk is an optional dependency: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extr … 4/python2/

COPE

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Registered: 2013-11-03

Posts: 31

Re: [SOLVED] Python2 - Tkinter not found

Did you install TkInter (tk) before trying this?

Last edited by COPE (2013-11-06 17:20:23)

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DanielD

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Registered: 2013-02-28

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] Python2 - Tkinter not found

I didn't know Tk was optionnal ! Thank you guys !

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Python2 - Tkinter not found

When you install packages with pacman, it tells you about the optional dependencies for the packages you've just installed.