Question

I have the following code:

 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: iso-8859-15 -*-

 import pygame, random
 from pygame.locals import *
 pygame.init()
 clock = pygame.time.Clock()

 and so on

The app all appears OK, but when I compile the code I get the following error:

 Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "fish.py", line 4, in <module>
import pygame, random
 File "/home/pi/pygame/pygame.py", line 2, in <module>
ImportError: No module named locals


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(program exited with code: 1)
Press return to continue

Can anyone help? I’m new to Python and Linux.

I’ve done the following:

 pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo apt-get install python-pygame
 Reading package lists... Done
 Building dependency tree       
 Reading state information... Done
 python-pygame is already the newest version.
 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 40 not upgraded.
 pi@raspberrypi:~$ 

Answer 1

Your problem is that you have a file that is named pygame.py, or a bytecode left-over from such a file named pygame.pyc.

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Calling import pygame works, but it will not import pygame, but the that very file.

And since your file can’t find a module named locals in that file, the error is raised.

So, just rename your file to anything other than pygame.py or other modules you want to import, or, if there’s a pygame.pyc bytecode file, remove that.