# Inky pHat not working- not sure what i did wrong!

**URL:** https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-not-working-not-sure-what-i-did-wrong/12946
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 5, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-not-working-not-sure-what-i-did-wrong/12946 "2020-02-05T01:25:47Z")
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### Author: ![celesmeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celesmeh](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/celesmeh)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-not-working-not-sure-what-i-did-wrong/12946/1 "2020-02-05T01:25:47Z")

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So i am trying to just run the basic examples on the inky pHat, heres the traceback:

```
 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "name-badge.py", line 29, in <module>
inky_display = InkyPHAT(colour)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/inky/phat.py", line 27, in __init__
v_flip=False)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/inky/inky.py", line 74, in __init__
self.eeprom = eeprom.read_eeprom()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/inky/eeprom.py", line 103, in read_eeprom
i2c = SMBus(1)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/smbus2/smbus2.py", line 279, in __init__
self.open(bus)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/smbus2/smbus2.py", line 308, in open
self.fd = os.open(filepath, os.O_RDWR)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/i2c-1'
```

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### Author: ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-not-working-not-sure-what-i-did-wrong/12946/2 "2020-02-05T10:30:19Z")

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Try running `sudo pip2 install inky` from a terminal window.  
Then see if the example works

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### Author: ![graydon2212](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@graydon2212](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/graydon2212)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-not-working-not-sure-what-i-did-wrong/12946/3 "2020-10-28T19:36:55Z")

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> [@alphanumeric](#):
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> sudo pip2 install inky

I have the same problem…Did you solve it?

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### Author: ![graydon2212](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@graydon2212](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/graydon2212)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-not-working-not-sure-what-i-did-wrong/12946/4 "2020-10-28T19:38:00Z")

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I have the same problem. running this says the requirement is already satisfied.

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### Author: ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-phat-not-working-not-sure-what-i-did-wrong/12946/5 "2020-10-29T08:24:45Z")

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It will be  
`sudo pip3 install inky`  
these days.  
I don’t own an inky, was just trying to help the OP.

EDIT: try this, it was posted in a similar thread.  
`pip3 install inky[rpi,fonts]`