cannot import name 'ImageTK' - python 3.5

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I am trying to load in an image from the same folder as the one my python script is in. 

# create a class called Person
# create init method
# 2 attributes (name, and birthdate)
# create an object from the Person class

from PIL import Image, ImageTK
import datetime
import tkinter as tk

# create frame
window = tk.Tk()

# create frame geometry
window.geometry("400x400")

# set title of frame
window.title("Age Calculator App")



# adding labels
name_label = tk.Label(text="Name")
name_label.grid(column=0, row=0)

year_label = tk.Label(text="Year")
year_label.grid(column = 0, row = 1)

month_label = tk.Label(text="Month")
month_label.grid(column = 0, row = 2)

day_label = tk.Label(text="Day")
day_label.grid(column = 0, row = 3)


# adding entries
name_entry = tk.Entry()
name_entry.grid(column=1, row=0)

year_entry = tk.Entry()
year_entry.grid(column=1, row=1)

month_entry = tk.Entry()
month_entry.grid(column=1, row=2)

day_entry = tk.Entry()
day_entry.grid(column=1, row=3)


def calculate_age():
    year = int(year_entry.get())
    month = int(month_entry.get())
    day = int(day_entry.get())
    name = name_entry.get()
    person = Person(name, datetime.date(year, month, day))
    text_answer = tk.Text(master=window, wrap=tk.WORD, height=20, width=30)
    text_answer.grid(column= 1, row= 5)
    answer = "{name} is {age} years old!".format(name=person.name, age=person.age())
    is_old_answer = " Wow you are getting old aren't you?"
    text_answer.insert(tk.END, answer)
    if person.age() >= 50:
        text_answer.insert(tk.END, is_old_answer)


calculate_button = tk.Button(text="Calculate Age!", command=calculate_age)
calculate_button.grid(column=1, row=4)


class Person:
    def __init__(self, name, birthdate):
        self.name = name
        self.birthdate = birthdate

    def age(self):
        today = datetime.date.today()
        age = today.year - self.birthdate.year
        return age

image = Image.open('LockVectorDaily.jpg')
image.thumbnail((100, 100), Image.ANTIALIAS)
photo = tk.PhotoImage(file=image)
label_image = tk.Label(image=image)
label_image.grid(column=1, row=0)


window.mainloop()

I got 

from PIL import Image, ImageTK 
ImportError: cannot import name 'ImageTK'

Thank you in advance for the help!

pillow python-imaging-library tkinter python
9 Answers

For Debian/Ubuntu:

Python 2

sudo apt-get install python-imaging python-pil.imagetk

Python 3

sudo apt-get install python3-pil python3-pil.imagetk

For Archlinux: 

sudo pacman -S python-pillow

It will install the package and you can use it: from PIL import ImageTk

user_87385740

For Python3 on Ubuntu 18 I had to uninstall the Python (2) packages then install the Python 3 packages:

apt-get remove python3-pil python3-pil.imagetk python-pil.imagetk python-pil
apt-get install python3-pil.imagetk # Note that python3-pil installed as a dependency
user_98125480

Issue is that you named it wrong.

ImageTK instead of ImageTk

keep the k small, and it will work.

-MohsinK-

user_104431810

I tried this to install Pillow itself and it works well, i didn't use sudo.

$ pip install Pillow --user

Source for the main installation guide: here

Feel free to edit my answer/correct me.

user_97395830 
sudo apt-get install python3-pil.imagetk

It worked for me!

user_114100290

You will have to change the code like this:

import PIL
from PIL import ImageTk
from PIL import Image

It should work fine!

user_117790710

Python does act up a little when importing TkImage and Image together. You need to import the PIL first and then import TkImage and Image individually like below-

import PIL
from PIL import TkImage
from PIL import Image

This should work fine. You can also check if the pillow is installed in your system correctly by using command prompt like below-

  1. Open Command Prompt
  2. Type python
  3. Once you are in python, just type :
import PIL
  1. If this command doesn't throw any errors, then you are good to follow the above method of importing TkImage and Image separately.
user_136798370

I am using python 3.6.9 import tkinter, PIL when I open the tkinter module directly , using dir(tkinter) , I see PhotoImage and Image methods . I check the PIL module, dir(PIL) I don’t see any of the above mentioned methods.

I suppose no need to import PIL ... It’s already in the tkinter module. So you could use tkinter.PhotoImage(...) Or tkinter.Image(...)

user_139484940
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