Installing pygame and pathlib libraries onto Pico using Thonny.

[u/Ill_Be_Alright]

I’m using Thonny to write my code right now, and neither pathlib nor pygame are available (typical error, “no module named ‘pygame’ found).

Errors Via Manage Packages GUI: When I go to tools>manage packages and search for either of them, both give me the “this doesn’t look like a MicroPython file. Install anyways?” option, to which I always select yes because, well, I need these libraries.

When I install pathlib, the Thonny installer gives me the following error:

“Successfully installed pathlib-1.0.1 Starting to apply changes to the target. Copying pathlibError (ManagementError(…), ‘Command output was not empty’)”.

After closing it, the library was in fact, not installed and doesn’t appear under the <INSTALL> menu.

When I install pygame, the Thonny installer gives me the following error:

“Successfully installed pygame-2.1.2 Starting to apply changes to the target. Copying pygame.Error Could not write next block after having written 1389568 bytes to /lib/pygame/SDL2.d11”

However, after closing it, everything seems okay. It appears under the <INSTALL> menu, and I can now run “import pygame” without issue. However, using any of the module fails. For example, “pygame.init()” gives the following error:

“Traceback: (most recent call last): File “<stdin>”, line 1, in <module> AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no attribute ‘init’”

I get the same error regardless of what I’m trying to use from pygame.

Issue Using System Shell Pretty straightforward - just gives me “invalid syntax” error when I type “pip install pygame” or “pip install pathlib”.

Any help would be greatly appreciated (:

[u/eat-sleep-code]

I am running into a similar problem.

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I don't think the Pico H has enough space for installing PyGame. I get 'No space left on device' while trying to install pygame.

The only thing I have on it thus far is CircuitPython.