Unified PiicoDev Library install on a Pi 5

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Hi Core.

Does the Core Electronics Unified PiicoDev Library install on a Pi 5?

Maybe a Thonny issue?

I ask because when I do this:

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I get this:

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I do have my venv selected.

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Installed fine from Terminal. A Thonny issue?

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Hey there, @Mark285907,

I just installed this on a Pi 5 without any issue.

The error message that you’re getting usually only shows up if you’re trying to install it outside of a Virtual Environment, which clearly you haven’t done. It might be worthwhile generating a second venv just in case something when wrong with your initial one.

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Thanks Jane.

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Hey there, Mark, did that help or are you still experiencing the same issue?

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Jane.

I installed it from Terminal so I didn’t bother pursuing the Thonny issue.

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I mean, that’ll do it.

Honestly, I always think it’s better to get comfortable learning the Terminal rather than relying on Thonny all the time. Especially these days when AI makes it a easier to calculate exactly what regular expression you need for a sed or grep command.

Thonny has its uses, but when you’re having to rely on another layer of software over the code, it gets difficult to troubleshoot exactly what’s going wrong where.

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