Beginner with Python

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I am fairly new with python, as I am learning on my own I encounter some minimal errors a students would mostly ask their professors but I dont have the luxury to do that right now so I am here. I want to check if Tkinter is installed using command on my Pc BUT I get a syntax error message, can someone help me with that? I typed -> python -m tkinter

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>> python -m tkinter
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    python -m tkinter
                    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

We (at least not I) are not professors. SO does not aim to tutor languages - you should look for tutorials: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/ — Patrick Artner, Jan 03 '19 at 17:20
thats because you are trying to run the command as a python code, just type the command in the console without starting python — Mntfr, Jan 03 '19 at 17:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '19 at 17:24

If you want to have a quick one-liner, you can run the following from any command line:

python -c "import tkinter"

It will either output an error if it doesn't exist, or nothing if the module exists. For example, I can see this:

$ python -c "import tkinter"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named tkinter
$ python -c "import array"
$

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '19 at 17:28

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That command is for shell enviroment.

Inside python interpreter you can check it by

import tkinter

answered Jan 03 '19 at 17:28

Danyla Hulchuk

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