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hod badichi
hod badichi

Reputation: 19

PyAutoGui throwing KeyError: 'DISPLAY' error

I want to automate a windows task and from searching the web PyAutoGui seems to be the right tool for it. Im working on a virtual env , using python 3.6.9, and a ubuntu WSL. after installing it with :

pip install pyautogui

I get this error after importing

     >>> import pyautogui
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
  File "/mnt/c/GitHub/dad/project_env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyautogui/__init__.py", line 241, in 
    import mouseinfo
  File "/mnt/c/GitHub/dad/project_env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mouseinfo/__init__.py", line 223, in 
    _display = Display(os.environ['DISPLAY'])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/os.py", line 669, in __getitem__
    raise KeyError(key) from None
KeyError: 'DISPLAY'

after few failing attempts I`ve tried installing PyWin as well , and got another kind of error. I also tried to define

`DISPLAY=:0 python`

but still failed.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3958

Answers (1)

matheus-fofonka
matheus-fofonka

Reputation: 28

This error occurs while you try to execute in a terminal with no interface, you need to point to a interface inside your system.

You can locate a session by:

ps aux

and execute your script pointing to your interface like:

python3.9 main.py -- :1 vt7

Upvotes: 0

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