ModuleNotFoundError: when importing curses in IDE

Question

I get the error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_curses' every time I try to uses curses in VS Code or PyCharm.

But it works in the command prompt (I'm on Windows BTW)

Code is from Tech With Tim tutorial:

import curses
from curses import wrapper
import queue
import time



def main(stdscr):
    stdscr.clear()
    stdscr.addstr(0, 0, 'Hello world')
    stdscr.refresh()
    stdscr.getch()


wrapper(main)

Is curses a library you created? or something you installed? — , May 30 '22 at 11:49
pycharm will manage python environments for you. Try creating a requirements.txt file and pycharm should use it — Paul Collingwood, May 30 '22 at 11:49
Linked question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70861241/modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-curses — Freddy Mcloughlan, May 30 '22 at 11:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 30 '22 at 11:54

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If it works in command prompt, you may need to fix your environment to use the correct Python version. Try:

Installing curses:

pip install windows-curses

Or for Python 3 explicitly

pip3 install windows-curses

Configure your VS-Code interpreter. Open VS code and click cmd/ctrl + shift + p then type select python interpreter and click on the correct one. I'm not sure how to do this on Pycharm

answered May 30 '22 at 11:54

Freddy Mcloughlan

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That fixed it, thanks! – Luke May 30 '22 at 12:00
No worries @Luke, what part fixed it? was it part 1 or 2? – Freddy Mcloughlan May 30 '22 at 12:15
Part 2 fixed it. – Luke May 30 '22 at 12:35

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '22 at 11:58

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If you use Pycharm an environment is used to manage your librarys. To install curses go to settings, Python Interpreter and then an the plus, like this:

Then install curses

answered May 30 '22 at 11:58

Poder Psittacus

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ModuleNotFoundError: when importing curses in IDE

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