“ImportError: No module named tkinter” when using Pmw

Question

Here\'s my problem: I\'m running the code in this example. I have Python 2.7 and 3 installed on my RaspberryPi but I have checked and double-checked, and I am running the c

Answer 1

Maybe I can help you on how to remove the error.

here are two thoughts:

1) you use python 2.xx and have installed the python 3 pwm module (Tkinter was renamed to tkinter from Python 2 to 3)

2) you do the following before the import and hope it helps:

#import tkinter
#Traceback (most recent call last):
#  File "", line 1, in 
#    import tkinter
#ImportError: No module named tkinter

import sys, Tkinter
sys.modules['tkinter'] = Tkinter # put the module where python looks first for modules
#import tkinter # now works!