Kivy Installation Guide for Windows 10

Question

I've been trying to follow online youTube videos to install kivy on my Windows 10 computer (python-3.7.5-amd64, kivy 1.11.1). Aside from the fact that they seem to have different variations on how they approach the topic, I am unable to get a solution that operates satisfactorily.

These are the steps I am following:

• I install python (python-3.7.5-amd64.exe) to C:\Python37
• I modify the path to include to include the following: C:\Python37\Scripts;C:\Python37;C:\Python37\Libs;C:\Python37\DLLs;C:\Python37\Lib\site-packages;
• I added the following environment variable PYTHONPATH = C:\Python37\DLLs;C:\Python37\Libs;C:\Python37;C:\Python37\Scripts;C:\Python37\Lib\site-packages;
• I open a command window and type in the following commands (taken from kivy.org)
  • python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools virtualenv
  • python -m pip install docutils pygments pypiwin32 kivy_deps.sdl2==0.1.* kivy_deps.glew==0.1.*
  • python -m pip install kivy_deps.gstreamer==0.1.*
  • python -m pip install kivy_deps.angle==0.1.*
  • python -m pip install kivy==1.11.1
  • python -m pip install kivy_examples==1.11.1
• I try to run a simple program. From within Windows Explorer I right click the code file (label.py) and from the shortcut menu select python.
• A windows pops up for an instant and a directory called __pycache__ gets created with kivy.cpython-37.pyc. Double clicking that causes the program to run.
• Is it possible to have a easier solution in which the source code, once compiled executes?

If I open a command prompt and attempt to execute the source code using the command python label.py I get the following:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "label.py", line 1, in <module>
    from kivy.app import App
  File "C:\Users\chrib\Google Drive\_Software\Python_Kivy\kivy.py", line 1, in <module>
    from kivy.base import runTouchApp
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kivy.base'; 'kivy' is not a package

Why should this happen?

Also is it possible to have a cleaner development environment. I am used to Visual Studio IDE and it would be great if I can use this environment.

Thanks

Code for label.py

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.label import Label

class MyApp(App):
  def build(self):
    return Label(text='Hello world!');

if __name__=='__main__':
  MyApp().run();

Answer 1

I figured it out. I had a program in the code directory called kivy.py. I renamed that and it worked.

Answer 2

I've been trying to follow online youTube videos to install kivy on my Windows 10 computer

Have you tried simply following the instructions on kivy.org? There's no need to use youtube videos, the installation is largely a normal python module install.

I try to run a simple program. From within Windows Explorer I right click the code file (label.py) and from the shortcut menu select python.

Don't do this, run the file by opening a command prompt and typing python yourfilename.py. That way you will see the full traceback for any errors that occur.

A windows pops up for an instant and a directory called pycache gets created with kivy.cpython-37.pyc. Double clicking that causes the program to run.

It sounds likely that the first run is crashing. As above, you want to get the information about why.

Is it possible to have a easier solution in which the source code, once compiled executes?

When you run the code it does execute. As above, it's probably crashing.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kivy.base'; 'kivy' is not a package

Have you made a file named kivy.py? It looks likely that you have, and that this file is being imported in preference to the installed kivy module.

Also is it possible to have a cleaner development environment. I am used to Visual Studio IDE and it would be great if I can use this environment.

I'm not sure what you consider unclean about your development environment, but you should think in terms of python environments and their installed packages. Kivy is just a python module that you install into a python environment. When you use an IDE, it may integrate with one or more python environments (with options to switch between them). There's nothing special about using Visual Studio with Kivy, just do whatever you normally do to use it with Python.