Hi all, Im having issues installing the blinkt pHat. I run the following command: sudo curl -sS get.pimoroni.com/blinkt | bash however the script bails out when installing the Blinkt! library for Python 2 Installing Blinkt! library for Python 2… Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/bin/pip”, line 9, in load_entry_point(‘pip==1.5.6’, ‘console_scripts’, ‘pip’)() File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py”, line 356, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py”, line 2476, in load_entry_point return ep.load() File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py”, line 2190, in load [‘name’]) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/init.py”, line 74, in from pip.vcs import git, mercurial, subversion, bazaar # noqa File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/vcs/mercurial.py”, line 9, in from pip.download import path_to_url File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/download.py”, line 25, in from requests.compat import IncompleteRead ImportError: cannot import name IncompleteRead Python 2 library install failed! If problems persist, visit forums.pimoroni.com for support" Any ideas? Thanks

cd into the library folder then run: sudo python setup.py install (replace or replicate using python3 if your preference is for python 3)

[image] RogueM: sudo python setup.py install Thanks worked perfect!

[image] RogueM: cd into the library folder then run: sudo python setup.py install (replace or replicate using python3 if your preference is for python 3) I’m super new to this what does “cd” mean. I’m also having the same issue.

Cd means “change directory”

This is what I get when I install from terminal on my raspberry pi 3. [image]

Looks like you need python-dev to compile RPi-GPIO. … rpi-gpio should already be installed on a Pi though, try: sudo apt-get install python-rpi.gpio and if that doesn’t work, then: sudo apt-get install python-dev

Thanks. sudo apt-get install python-dev. Got me past that but now it looks like I’ m lost in anouter spot

Might be because your Python script is called “blinkt.py” and it’s confused about where it should be importing those methods from?

Yes, exactly, you should never call a script as per one of the module you import in it. See the following for the explanation: http://python-notes.curiousefficiency.org/en/latest/python_concepts/import_traps.html#the-name-shadowing-trap

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Trouble Installing Blinkt pHat

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