On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 2:32 PM Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > > On 12/25/2020 8:26 PM, stackf...@gmail.com wrote: > > unable to launch python3.8 -m idlelib.idle. getting below error msg. I am > > new to python. kindly help. > > One should include OS with failure questions and perhaps how installed. > Appears to be macOS, installed with ??? > > > python3.8 -m idlelib.idle > > For 3.x, '.idle' is not needed. > > > File > > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/idlelib/rpc.py", > > line 73, in <module> > > class RPCServer(socketserver.TCPServer): > > AttributeError: module 'socketserver' has no attribute 'TCPServer' > > https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/socketserver.html#socketserver.TCPServer > It is very much supposed to, so you installation seems faulty. I am > running IDLE on macOS with 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10, installed with the > python.org installer. > > This is one of the few circumstances for which I suggest re-installing. >
Or seeing if you have a socketserver.py in the current directory. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list