kivy: ImportError: No module named app

Question

I just installed Kivy by following the steps mentioned on the official documentation.

So I tried to test if it works by running an example found on the official documentation:

import kivy

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()

However, I got this error:

begueradj@begueradj-hacker:~# python kivy.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "kivy.py", line 1, in <module>
    import kivy
  File "/root/kivy.py", line 3, in <module>
    from kivy.app import App
ImportError: No module named app

Installation went ok, so why is this problem ?

What happens if you add the require thats also in the example? — Tim, Apr 15 '15 at 10:48

score 41 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '15 at 10:50

41

You named your file kivy.py. Rename it to something else. You are importing from your file not the kivy package. Make sure to delete any .pyc file also.

answered Apr 15 '15 at 10:50

Padraic Cunningham

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you also can't name the file run.py – howMuchCheeseIsTooMuchCheese Mar 10 '16 at 02:31
haha. Did the same thing. Didn't even think about that! – Beez Aug 27 '18 at 05:33

kivy: ImportError: No module named app

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