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I'm using ipython3, installed on Ubuntu with apt-get. I can't use the paste magic function, it complains about missing Tkinter. But I do have Tkinter and the same thing works fine on ipython (2). What gives?

Python 3.2.3 (default, Oct 19 2012, 19:53:16) 
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IPython 0.13.1.rc2 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
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In [1]: %paste
ERROR: Getting text from the clipboard on this platform requires Tkinter.
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  • What do you get from import Tkinter; print(Tkinter)?
    – minrk
    Feb 11, 2013 at 1:12
  • /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.pyc on 2.7, import error on ipython3
    – wim
    Feb 11, 2013 at 1:14

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minrk comment got me on the right track, and I've fixed it with the following package.

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

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    +1 is the same fot python2.7: sudo apt-get install python-tk
    – chespinoza
    May 28, 2013 at 13:33
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    %paste dose not work even after installing python3-tk. %cpaste dose
    – 7kemZmani
    Mar 21, 2019 at 19:16
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To be extra clear: wim's answer also works for python2.7, to cover all versions simply run:

sudo apt-get install python-tk

as eluded to by cespinoza

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