How To Install python2-tkinter on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-tkinter on CentOS 8.
What is python2-tkinter
The Tkinter (Tk interface) program is an graphical user interface for the Python 2 scripting language. You should install the python2tkinter package if you’d like to use a graphical user interface for Python 2 programming.
We can use yum or dnf to install python2-tkinter on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-tkinter.
Install python2-tkinter on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python2-tkinter using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python2-tkinter
Install python2-tkinter on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python2-tkinter using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python2-tkinter
How To Uninstall python2-tkinter on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the python2-tkinter package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python2-tkinter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-tkinter on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.