#🔒 Trying to install psychopy gives error module 'pkgutil' has no attribute 'ImpImporter'

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dreamy scaffold
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Hello, I've been trying to install psychopy using pip install psychopy but I keep hitting into this error. Googling online tells me to use pip --upgrade setuptools / downgrading python version. I did upgrade setuptools but still get the error and I don't want to downgrade python version unless absolutely necessary. Is there any way to fix this package error? Thanks in advance!

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neat crescent
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can you paste a transcript, or a screenshot, of your session where you tried to install it?

dreamy scaffold
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im using conda through vs code

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do you want me to upload a ss of the cmd terminal?

neat crescent
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sure

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warning: I don't use conda, so I might not be able to reproduce the problem

dreamy scaffold
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my python version is 3.12

neat crescent
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well iiuc it doesn't work with 3.12; I'm installing it myself and it insists on 3.10

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oh you're using a much older version

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... and my installation failed with ERROR:: Could not find a local HDF5 installation.

limpid wagon
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It's trying to install numpy<1.24.0

dreamy scaffold
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wait the command is still pip install psychopy

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which is what im using

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do i have to build it locally?

neat crescent
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beats me.

limpid wagon
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might be easier to downgrade python

neat crescent
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I suspect you need to use python3.10 and the current version of psychopy

dreamy scaffold
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ahh i was hoping to not go that route

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but guess ill have to

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cool thanks!

neat crescent
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might be easier

dreamy scaffold
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the binaries i think mention python 3.10 as well

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ill just downgrade to 3.10 through conda and see where that lands me

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