Python: Tkinter & turtle

Question

Beginning programmer here. From How to Think Like a Computer scientist I got the following code:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import turtle
wn = turtle.Screen()
alex = turtle.Screen()
alex.forward(150)
alex.left(90)
alex.forward(150)

The program seems simple enough, Yet I get the following error:

ImportError: No module named turtle

After some internet research, I read that the turtle module can me found within the tkinter package. And so because I have two different python installations, Python 2.7.3 and Python 3.2.3

I ran the following commands in Ubuntu terminal, in hopes to install the missing python modules:

sudo apt-get install python-tk
sudo apt-get install python3.2-tk

It got me nowhere. So how can I install the missing modules for both versions of python?

Thanks!

Answer 1

On ubuntu 16.04,

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

solved my problem, if this not work for you, see this question too Tkinter module not found on Ubuntu

Answer 2

To setup Tkinter module in Python 2:

• Execute sudo apt-get install python-tk in the terminal.
• Use import Tkinter in your program.

For Python 3:

• Execute sudo apt-get install python3-tk in the terminal.
• Use import tkinter in your program.

Although Tkinter usually comes bundled up with Python 3, the above procedure will work incase the module is not installed.