import gi returns ModuleNotFoundError; apt install python3-gi returns python3-gi is already the newest version

Asked May 26 '20 at 08:30

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If I run python it defaults to python 2.7 and import gi works OK. If I run python3 import gi returns the error. I assumed (wrongly) that apt install python3-gi would force installation into python 3.8 (my latest version), but it seems to be picking up the package in 2.7 and stopping there. How can I force an installation into python 3.8?

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EDIT: Found answer here

edited Jun 02 '20 at 09:34

asked May 26 '20 at 08:30

d8sconz

try _pip3 install gi_ – Aleksey May 26 '20 at 09:12
@Aleksey, I'm getting "no matching distribution found" for both "gi" and "python3-gi" – d8sconz May 26 '20 at 10:32
Does this answer your question? [Python 3: Installing gi package with pip](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44213921/python-3-installing-gi-package-with-pip) – starball Jan 25 '23 at 18:30

import gi returns ModuleNotFoundError; apt install python3-gi returns python3-gi is already the newest version

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