I got my Raspberry Pi 4 Model B set up today, and have attached my inkyphat via the pins. I ran the install on the command line that is referenced in the pimoroni guide here; https://learn.pimoroni.com/tutorial/sandyj/getting-started-with-inky-phat however it doesn’t install some of the parts. Eve…

Try sudo pip install inky and or sudo pip3 install inky [image] pimoroni/inky Combined library for V2/V3 Inky pHAT and Inky wHAT. - pimoroni/inky

I’m not sure, because at the end of the command it tells me that some of the packages didn’t install and to look over the output. I can paste in a copy of the cmd output if you want?

For both of those commands, it tells me requirements already satisfied for everything it tries.

Ok, I don’t know why your getting those failed to install messages? Maybe Sandy knows @sandyjmacdonald

Thank you for trying anyway! The strange thing is that when I go to the python folders in file explorer, /usr/local/lib/ and look at the three python folders there, they all have the packages there? I’m beginning to suspect I have some sort of hardware problem - I’ve ordered a new inky phat and Ra…

Yeah, I’m pretty sure I got told the same but it works fine. I’ll try again later on today and check.

Sure, let me know if yours works! :)

Still not able to get my inky phat to work AT ALL. Anyone able to help me? This is the output I get when inputting to the command line on my pi4 to install the library. pi@raspberrypi:~ $ curl https://get.pimoroni.com/inky | bash % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Ti…

Alright, I did a clean install of Inky on a fresh install of Raspbian. I got the exact same error messages as you, but both InkyPHAT and InkyWHAT work perfectly fine. Exactly which command are you running? How have you connected the board to your Pi?

Inky Phat isn't working

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alphanumeric April 28, 2020, 2:08pm 10

I don’t own an inky. I had a bit of a struggle getting a small SPI screen working on my Breakout garden. I’m not sure it will help you but I’ll post the link anyway.

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Inky Phat isn't working

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