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I am trying to make a keylogger in Python that requires pyHook module. I tried pip install pyHook but it did not work.

So, I downloaded this package from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/ -

pyHook-1.5.1-cp37-cp37m-win_amd64.whl

Then I tried to install it using:

pip install pyHook-1.5.1-cp37-cp37m-win_amd64.whl

But is shows the error given in heading.

I even downloaded this package from same site - pyHook‑1.5.1‑cp37‑cp37m‑win32.whl

But none of them works. So what should I do? Please help.

My system is 64-bit and I use Python 3.8.

Bikramjeet Singh
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    "*I use Python 3.8*" Then why have you downloaded a wheel for Python 3.7? `cp37` means "CPython 3.7". – phd Jan 05 '20 at 17:11
  • `Python 3.8` is very new version - it can be better to use Python 3.7 – furas Jan 05 '20 at 18:30
  • @phd it is not available for python 3.8 – Vaibhav Madan Jan 07 '20 at 07:39
  • @furas Will it work with python 3.7 ? – Vaibhav Madan Jan 07 '20 at 07:40
  • `cp37` means that it is for Python 3.7, not for 3.8, but I would uses `pip install pyHook` and it should download version for your Python (if exists). If you get error with `pip install pyHook` then you could describe it. – furas Jan 07 '20 at 11:24
  • With pip install pyhook, I get the following error - ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pyHook (from versions: none) ERROR: No matching distribution found for pyHook – Vaibhav Madan Jan 07 '20 at 13:27

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That happens because you are using python 3.8, and you need to install python 3.7 to run the pyhook library.

Try to uninstall your version 38 then install python 3.74, and finally run your command

pip install pyHook-1.5.1-cp**37**-cp**37**m-win_amd64.whl
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