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win 10 Python-3.13.0 tkinter fails in venv #125235

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Installed python 3.13.0 in windows 10 at c:\python313

created venv at c:\users\rptla\tmp\py313

Tkinter based app failed to start in the venv. After testing tkinter I see these results ie error in venv starting Tk() wotks in installed.

In the venv

(py313) C:\Users\rptla\tmp\py313>python
Python 3.13.0 (tags/v3.13.0:60403a5, Oct  7 2024, 09:38:07) [MSC v.1941 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import tkinter
>>> root = tkinter.Tk()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<python-input-1>", line 1, in <module>
    root = tkinter.Tk()
  File "C:\python313\Lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 2459, in __init__
    self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use)
              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
_tkinter.TclError: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories:
    C:/python313/lib/tcl8.6 C:/lib/tcl8.6 C:/lib/tcl8.6 C:/library C:/library C:/tcl8.6.14/library C:/tcl8.6.14/library



This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.

>>>

in installed python

C:\Python313\Lib\tkinter>\python313\python
Python 3.13.0 (tags/v3.13.0:60403a5, Oct  7 2024, 09:38:07) [MSC v.1941 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import tkinter
>>> root=tkinter.Tk()
>>>

CPython versions tested on:

3.13

Operating systems tested on:

Windows

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