Python 3 tkinter iconbitmap error in ubuntu

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Well I have this:

import tkinter
gui = tkinter.Tk()
gui.iconbitmap(default='/home/me/PycharmProjects/program/icon.ico')
gui.mainloop()`

But when I run I get an error saying 

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/spencer/PycharmProjects/xMinecraft/GUI.py", line 17, in <module>
gui.iconbitmap(default='/home/me/PycharmProjects/program/icon.ico')
File "/usr/lib/python3.3/tkinter/__init__.py", line 1638, in wm_iconbitmap
return self.tk.call('wm', 'iconbitmap', self._w, '-default', default)
_tkinter.TclError: wrong # args: should be "wm iconbitmap window ?bitmap?"`

I'm trying to use tkinter to set a window I've made's icon. I'm using Pycharm installed on ubuntu 13.10. I've tried various things from changing '/' to '\' and adding a Z:// to the front because that's my partition's name. But I still get the error so please help.

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9 Answers

Still in 2018 a high Rank google question. what works for me in python3 is to use ico in Windows and gif in Linux :

if ( sys.platform.startswith('win')): 
    gui.iconbitmap('logo_Wicon.ico')
else:
    logo = PhotoImage(file='logo.gif')
    gui.call('wm', 'iconphoto', gui._w, logo)
user_23759330

To display colored icons in linux you need to do it as shown below:

import tkinter
window = tkinter.Tk()
window.title("My Application")
img = tkinter.PhotoImage(file='~/pharmapos/pharmapos.png')
window.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', window._w, img)
window.mainloop()
user_13311350

this worked for me in linux mint:

from tkinter import *
from PIL import Image, ImageTk
main_fn=Tk()
log= Image.open("path_to_image.ico")
logo = ImageTk.PhotoImage(log)
main_fn.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', main_fn._w, logo)
main_fn.mainloop()
user_184665640

We can use iconphoto on linux. Colored icon works well too. You can use .png files. The .ico file can be converted using 'convert' utility.

convert icon.ico icon.png

First create a PhotoImage widget:

icon = tkinter.PhotoImage(file='icon.png')

Then use iconphoto to change the icon:

root = Tk()
root.iconphoto(False, icon)

Reference: Please have a look at this link

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