So, I have to do a project for school using a graphics window and I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS, but whenever I go to get the graphics.py file and save it in the correct directory (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages) but it says that it failed and that I have insufficient permissions. Someone suggested that I do a chmod for the directory but when I looked it up I was pretty confused. I am new to Ubuntu and have a very basic knowledge of how it works and Terminal, but I am willing to learn. Also, for future reference, if anyone has a link for beginner Ubuntu users, that would be great.
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you don't have to save the graphics.py in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages, it is easier if you do
make a folder for your project myproject and save the graphics.py in that folder and then make another python module <name it>.py and inside it do
import graphics
or
from graphics import <method name>
or you can put your graphics.py file inside
.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages
this won't require administrative privilages and work for idle3.4
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I tried what you said, and for having it in my myproject file, it came up with the error "Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/austinhwells/Documents/My Graphics Project/Initials.py", line 1, in <module> import graphics ImportError: No module named 'graphics'" ...same thing for "from graphics import *" and then when I tried to put it in the site-packages directory, it still denied me the permission... Apr 16, 2015 at 3:32
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had you put the graphics.py in the same directory
/home/austinhwells/Documents/My Graphics Project/?– bolzanoApr 16, 2015 at 3:36 -
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you should have a blank file called
__init__.pyfile to make a folder a module and it will work.– bolzanoApr 16, 2015 at 3:39 -