Must be run as root under linux

[dirtyhillbilly]

keyboard package needs user to be root ! Is that really mandatory ?

  File "qrTOtext/venv/bin/qrTOtext", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "qrTOtext/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/qrTOtext.py", line 152, in main
    if keyboard.is_pressed("esc"):
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...
ImportError: You must be root to use this library on linux.

[P6g9YHK6]

I have not tested it on linux only windows atm
any other library that you know that don't require root ?

[P6g9YHK6]

boppreh/keyboard#312

[dirtyhillbilly]

keyboard enforce uid to be 0, so setting user in group input doesn't change anything.
this issue is on keyboard side.

[bryanhughes]

I am having this issues too:

$ groups
bryan adm tty cdrom sudo audio dip video plugdev input render i2c lpadmin gdm sambashare docker weston-launch gpio jtop

When I run my python app:

ImportError: You must be root to use this library on linux.