🔒 ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter'

[mossy mural]

System Information: Apple M1 Mac, Python 3.13, Running in a venv created with python3 -m venv .venv. I don't remember how I installed Python, I think through homebrew

Full Traceback: ```py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users//Desktop//Coding/Python/Discord_Bots/Scraper Bot/classifier.py", line 1, in <module>
import tkinter as tk
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/3.13.0_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/tkinter/init.py", line 38, in <module>
import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter'

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@mossy mural

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[swift gale]

Just run brew install tcl-tk

[mossy mural]

I had a guess it was some homebrew package

just didn't know which lol

[swift gale]

For some weird reason it isn't installed by default when you install Python through homebrew

[mossy mural]

weird, but that didn't fix it it seems. Could it be because it's a venv?

[swift gale]

No, it could be because you've installed Python before the tcl-tk package, try to run brew reinstall [email protected]

And then recreate your venv

[mossy mural]

alright give me a second

[mossy mural]

Nope still doesn't work

[swift gale]

Then the easiest way is probably to not install it through homebrew and instead go through the official website which will install it natively

[swift gale]

Just make sure to uninstall the homebrew package before going through the installer

[mossy mural]

will do 🙂

[lost kernel]

Just curious. Is there a reason the system python (/usr/bin/python3) won't do? Macs do ship with python...

[mossy mural]

probably will do - i have multiple versions of python installed you see

[lost kernel]

Yah, but the system one might just be complete 🙂

[mossy mural]

does work in fact, though outdated

[lost kernel]

If your OS is up to date the system python shouldn't be too far behind "current".

[mossy mural]

It's 3.9.6

[lost kernel]

That's plenty for most things, unless you need something recent for a special purpose.

[silver burrow]

i'm still using 3.7 and only things i miss time to time are f"{var = }" and walrus

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