Terry, Thanks for the input and FYI I am running 10.14.4 Mojave. When I looked at the version of tkinter as suggested by Chris Angelico earlier in this thread it returned '/Users/chip/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/tkinter/__init__.py’. This is obviously not he build Apple provided and I believe Apple’s version of python is version 2.7 and I need to use 3.6 for my current efforts.
I will reach out to Anaconda to see if they have any thoughts and will look into the Python.org <http://python.org/> installers. Will look at the Python.org <http://python.org/> installers also. Thanks! Chip Towner c...@gct3engineering.com > On May 14, 2019, at 22:59, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > > On 5/14/2019 1:22 PM, Chip Towner wrote: >> I am trying to use tkinter and when I attempt to do so Python crashes. I am >> accessing Python (v 3.6.8) in Spyder (v3.6) from Anaconda. The version of >> TkVersion tells me the version is 8.6 and the Anaconda environment browser >> tells me it is 8.6.8. > > Before releasing the PSF 3.6.8 Mac installer on python.org, Ned Deily > experimented with different recent tcl/builds to pick the one that worked > best. (I believe there are different builds with the designation 8.6.8). > What he choose was not the most recent version available. One issue is that > different builds worked best with the then new macOS version (Mohave?) and > earlier versions. (You did not say which you are running.) I presume > tkinter.Tk() ran on all versions he tested, as that is needed for any tkinter > program. > > If Anaconda installs any build of tcl/tk other than the one istalled by the > 'official' installer, then they should deal with this issus. > > You could try installing from the python.org installer and test again. > > -- > Terry Jan Reedy > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list