Easygui

[Izzy32]

Hi. I need help with easygui. I am frighteningly New at coding. I don’t know how to fix the problem of the error message I receive.

>>> import easygui
>>> easygui.msgbox(“work”)

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File “<physhell#2>“, line 1, in <module>
      easygui.msgbox(“work”)
AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no attribute ‘msgbox’

Please help.

[buran]

by any chance, do you have file named easygui.py in the current working directory?

[Izzy32]

I Have the file in the folder marked python 25. It’s root folder. And no I don’t understand it myself. I’m literally learning code from a book

[buran]

but it's a file you created, right?
Also note that python 2.5 is way outdated version of python. Latest python 2 version is 2.7.15.
And as you are new to programming you should start with python3. Python2 official support will end January 1st, 2020.

[Izzy32]

Yes. As per instructions on google

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I will start with python 3 after going through the book. The syntax did not allow me to follow examples in python 3

[buran]

Your file should not be named easygui.py. You import your own file. Did you download and extract install easygui package?

[Izzy32]

I extracted it and copied the .py file into the python 25 file. I have tried installing it but with no success. Even tried doing it with command prompt like the internet said but it’s not letting me. I can import the easygui on the IDE but cannot use the functions it’s supposed to provide

[buran]

1. remove everything you have downloaded
2. use pip install --upgrade easygui. This will install it for python2. See the docs http://easygui.readthedocs.io/en/master/ - How to get easygui.
3. go to your working folder and create py file, e.g. myscript.py
4. Put your code in it and run it from terminal/command prompt with python myscript.py

[Izzy32]

Thanks. That’s the most info I’ve got all day. I will try it out and will then reply to this if it works or I I’m stuck. Thanks again

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Does this mean that I can’t use IDLE anymore

[buran]

no problem to use IDLE. You can use python prompt or create/open and run a file from IDLE.
However note IDLE is considered very poor IDE