title: "ImportError: No module named gtk" although it is installed
body: <p>The following code fails although I have the gtk bindings for python installed. This is a debian machine and I have the package named python-gtk2 installed</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; import gtk
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;stdin&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
  ImportError: No module named gtk
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I fix this?</p>
  
  <p>Edit1: Per comment request: Python 2.7.3rc2 (default, May 22 2012, 01:05:47)</p>
  
  <p>Edit2: Per comment request:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; print sys.path
  ['', '/home/lorb', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/local/lib/python27.zip', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SpssClient200', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/spss200']
  </code></pre>