How can I get pynput working with ubuntu?

Question

I'm trying to get pynput working on linux (ubuntu) but I just can't get it to work. I'm running my script on a terminal window on the desktop.

I've installed pynput but just it just won't detect my keystrokes. Here's the code that I'm using from my main script:

from pynput.keyboard import Key, Listener, Controller 
from pynput import keyboard

def on_press():
   print("key detected: " + str(key.char)))

listener = keyboard.Listener(on_press=on_press)
listener.start()

I've tried:

• "sudo pip3 install web3"

• "sudo pip3 install pynput"

• "sudo pip3 install xlib"

• "DISPLAY=:0.0 python3 -c 'import pynput'"

• "xhost +"

And executing my script:

• "sudo python3 myscript.py"
• "python3 myscript.py"

But none of that seems to work regardless of running as root or not.

I do however get Xlib.xauth: warning, no xauthority details available , idk if that's causing the issue?

Any advice is appreciated. Cheers.

Answer 1

Maybe

pip install pynput none

or you can use --user ,and install the files into your home directory to fix this. So, try executing the command

pip install pynput user

Answer 2

I encounted similiar problem, and found this link useful. "No protocol specified" when running a sudo/su app on Ubuntu Linux

Newer systems by design don't allow graphical applications as root (it's a Wayland thing). Workaround: