ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter' on macOS [duplicate]

Question

Tkinter doesn't work, it throws an error.

Installation:

% pip3 install tk

My code:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import tkinter as tk

The error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/arghadip/Library/Application Support/CodeRunner/Unsaved/Untitled.py", line 4, in <module>
    import tkinter as tk
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/tkinter/__init__.py", line 37, in <module>
    import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter'

Answer 1

For Python3 tkinter can be simply installed by,

brew install python-tk

pip sometimes wont work successfully on my Mac, especially with the High Sierra OS version. Brew can be used to install all kinds of software packages in mac.

Answer 2

I was having the same issue with the module name change in Python2 to Python3.. as stated in the previous post, "brew install python-tk" worked for me. I'm running the following:

• Python 3.9.13 64-bit
• vsCode 1.68.0
• macOS Monterey