Issue to installing module in Thonny (Python text editor)

Question

I downloaded Thonny (which is a text editor for python) for using my Raspberry Pi Pico, and I tried to install a module in "Manage packages" , when I began the installation, this error line code appeared:

ERROR: Can not combine '--user' and '--target'
Process returned with code 1

Fortunately there is another way to install modules and I tried it:

Install from a local file : I installed the package in cmd pip install Adafruit-SSD1306 in target directory of the Thonny's modules C:\Users\33631\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages , but I still don't see the module I installed.

After that, I figured out I can't install modules at all, and it brings me the same error message.

I use:

• Python version: 3.10
• Pip version: 22.3
• Thonny version: 4.0.1

I tried many things, change the directory, install with the cmd and research with the Install from a local file , but it is still not working.

Answer 1

I use also the Thonny editor several years, but have never used his Tool | Manage packages... Tool | Manage packages... function. I use always pip install... instead.

If you open this dialog, it shows you a Target path something like C:\Users\your_user\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages , depending on your phython version and path. I assume that python packages are installed always under the phython directory like C:\Python311\Lib\site-packages . My Thonny editor is olso there. Have you searched into python site-packages directory, too?