# How to install tix package on Ubuntu 20.04?

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### **Overview**&#x20;

Tix is an open-source widget toolkit that works with Tk, the well-known cross-platform GUI toolkit. To aid developers in creating responsive and user-friendly applications, it provides a variety of additional widgets and helps in improving the usability, flexibility, and utility of applications. &#x20;

### **Prerequisites**&#x20;

There are certain prerequisites that need to be met before you begin. &#x20;

* Ubuntu 20.04 LTS configured on your system.&#x20;
* Non-root sudo user privileges.&#x20;
* Python installed on your system.

### **Get Started**&#x20;

**Step 1:** Check if Python is installed on your system; otherwise, an error will be displayed. Since the Tkinter extension module is a Python binding for the Tk GUI toolkit, access to it is made possible by the tix package. &#x20;

```
python --version
```

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**Step 2:** Update the Ubuntu package list.&#x20;

```
sudo apt update
```

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**Step 3:** Install tix package on your system.&#x20;

```
sudo apt install –y tix 
```

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**Step 4:** Once the package is installed, run the command given in step 3 again to verify the installation. &#x20;

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### **Conclusion**&#x20;

In this tutorial, you learnt how to install Tix package on Ubuntu 20.04.   &#x20;