diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/matplotlib/matplotlib-2.2.5-foss-2023a-Python-2.7.18.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/matplotlib/matplotlib-2.2.5-foss-2023a-Python-2.7.18.eb
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+easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+
+name = 'matplotlib'
+version = '2.2.5'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+
+homepage = 'https://matplotlib.org'
+description = """matplotlib is a python 2D plotting library which produces publication quality figures in a variety of
+ hardcopy formats and interactive environments across platforms. matplotlib can be used in python scripts, the python
+ and ipython shell, web application servers, and six graphical user interface toolkits."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023a'}
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('pkgconf', '1.9.5'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '2.7.18'),
+    ('SciPy-bundle', '2024.06', versionsuffix),
+    ('libpng', '1.6.39'),
+    ('freetype', '2.13.0'),
+    ('Tkinter', '%(pyver)s', versionsuffix),
+]
+
+use_pip = True
+sanity_pip_check = True
+
+exts_list = [
+    ('Cycler', '0.10.0', {
+        'modulename': 'cycler',
+        'source_tmpl': 'cycler-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'checksums': ['cd7b2d1018258d7247a71425e9f26463dfb444d411c39569972f4ce586b0c9d8'],
+    }),
+    ('kiwisolver', '1.1.0', {
+        'checksums': ['53eaed412477c836e1b9522c19858a8557d6e595077830146182225613b11a75'],
+    }),
+    ('subprocess32', '3.5.4', {
+        'checksums': ['eb2937c80497978d181efa1b839ec2d9622cf9600a039a79d0e108d1f9aec79d'],
+    }),
+    (name, version, {
+        'prebuildopts': "export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$EBROOTFREETYPE/include/freetype2:${CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH} && ",
+        'preinstallopts': "export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$EBROOTFREETYPE/include/freetype2:${CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH} && ",
+        'checksums': ['a3037a840cd9dfdc2df9fee8af8f76ca82bfab173c0f9468193ca7a89a2b60ea'],
+    }),
+]
+
+postinstallcmds = [
+    'touch %(installdir)s/lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/__init__.py',
+]
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    """python -c 'import matplotlib; matplotlib.use("TkAgg"); import matplotlib.pyplot' """,
+    "python -c 'from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D'",
+]
+
+# use non-interactive plotting backend as default
+# see https://matplotlib.org/tutorials/introductory/usage.html#what-is-a-backend
+modextravars = {'MPLBACKEND': 'Agg'}
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/Tkinter/Tkinter-2.7.18-GCCcore-12.3.0-Python-2.7.18.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/Tkinter/Tkinter-2.7.18-GCCcore-12.3.0-Python-2.7.18.eb
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+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/Tkinter/Tkinter-2.7.18-GCCcore-12.3.0-Python-2.7.18.eb
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+name = 'Tkinter'
+version = '2.7.18'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+
+homepage = 'https://python.org/'
+description = """Tkinter module, built with the Python buildsystem"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.3.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://www.python.org/ftp/python/%(version)s/']
+sources = ['Python-%(version)s.tgz']
+checksums = ['da3080e3b488f648a3d7a4560ddee895284c3380b11d6de75edb986526b9a814']
+
+builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.40')]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', version),
+    ('Tk', '8.6.13'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.13'),
+    ('bzip2', '1.0.8'),
+    ('libreadline', '8.2'),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'