Kivy module not found on Spyder

Question

I read the stackoverflow 10729116 posting but still cannot figure out how to get Spyder IDE to recognize the Kivy module. I can import it Ok from the terminal and run a sample kivy button. Currently testing on Ubu 14.06, running python 3.6 on an env. I have tried to include the project folder and/or the module path (sitting on site-packages) using PATH MANAGER. Is it time to change IDE? TIA

Answer 1

Basically it was a combination of installing the right python version and addressing the pythonpath manager. here are the steps:

sudo apt-get install -y \
python3-pip \
build-essential \
git \
python3 \
python3-dev \
ffmpeg \
libsdl2-dev \
libsdl2-image-dev \
libsdl2-mixer-dev \
libsdl2-ttf-dev \
libportmidi-dev \
libswscale-dev \
libavformat-dev \
libavcodec-dev \
zlib1g-dev

pip install numpy
pip install Cython==0.25.2
pip install kivy

then on Spyder go to tools->PYTHONPATH Manager and add the kivy module directory to it, in my case: /home/l/miniconda3/envs/kiv/lib/python3.6/site-packages Hope this helps someone else

Answer 2

To install kivy on spyder you do the following:

source ~/kivy_venv/bin/activate

You go to the directory:

~/kivy_venv/

You run:

pip install spyder
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH='/root/kivy_venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyQt5/Qt/plugins/platforms'

and finally:

spyder3

and ready.