# Can No Longer Import Inkyphat

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/can-no-longer-import-inkyphat/8055>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 2, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/can-no-longer-import-inkyphat/8055 "2018-07-02T15:11:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheRaggedFlygon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@TheRaggedFlygon](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/TheRaggedFlygon)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/can-no-longer-import-inkyphat/8055/1 "2018-07-02T15:11:32Z")

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I have recently been looking in to eInk and decided to begin with inkyphat. After playing around with inkyphat for 3 or so days, I decided to equip a different hat, but eventual came back to inkyphat later today. However when I try to import inkyphat while in python (in order to display text), instead of functioning properly as before, I receive this message:

Traceback (most recent call last):

```
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/inkyphat/ __init__.py", line 23, in <module>
_panel = inky212x104.Inky212.104(resolution=(HEIGHT, WIDTH), h_flip=False, v_flip=True)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/inkyphat/inky212x104.py", line 108, in __init__
       self._spi.open(0, self.cs_pin)

```

IOError: [Errno 2] No such file in directory

I have no idea what this means as I am fairly new to programming and raspberry pi in general. Any help is much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/can-no-longer-import-inkyphat/8055/2 "2018-07-02T16:04:57Z")

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It looks like the SPI interface on your Pi has been disabled, use the Raspberry Pi Configuration utility or “sudo raspi-config” to re-enable it.

Interfaces like SPI and I2C are exposed in the “/dev/” folder as files which the system can interact with, so if they’re disabled it throws that rather weird error.

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**Author:** ![TheRaggedFlygon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@TheRaggedFlygon](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/TheRaggedFlygon)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/can-no-longer-import-inkyphat/8055/3 "2018-07-02T16:39:56Z")

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That worked instantly! Thanks for the help!