I am trying to run this:
from blessings import Terminal
t = Terminal()
print (t.bold('Hi there!'))
print (t.bold_red_on_bright_green('It hurts my eyes!'))
with t.location(0, t.height - 1):
print ('This is at the bottom.')
Which is the first example here: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/blessings.
However, I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Users\�����\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35- 32\lib\site-packages\blessings\__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
import curses
File "C:\Users\�����\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\curses\__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
from _curses import *
ImportError: No module named '_curses'
My system is win10 x64.
Meanwhile - Python 2.7.15 on Windows 10 - curses support can be added by:
pip install windows-curses
The curses
module is not supported on Windows
machines. From the module documentation:
While curses is most widely used in the Unix environment, versions are
available for DOS, OS/2, and possibly other systems as well. This
extension module is designed to match the API of ncurses, an
open-source curses library hosted on Linux and the BSD variants of
Unix.
Install the unofficial windows binary for curses
from here and try again.
It's a known bug on windows. It has been open for 5 years, so don't hold your breath.
The unofficial curses
build is not enough since it also requires fcntl
, which isn't likely to be ported anytime soon.
First Install curses using pip like this
Open Command Prompt
type "pip install windows-curses"(This Only works if pip is installed in environmental variables)
If running curses doesn't work using Pycharm, Try other Interpreters Apps like Atom, Visual Studios, and if that does not work, Install Python in Environmental Variables(Links will be at the bottom). Then Launch CMD or Command Prompt and type "python (the root of .py file)"
(eg. python C:\Users\user\Plane.py) and then press enter.
Link for installing Python in Environmental Variables - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jyOHCTgWpg