`keyboard` module needs root

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Question: How do I use the ‘keyboard’ module in Python without errors?

Repl link: https://replit.com/@PythonAnaconda/Apocalypse

I’m getting a very long error thread when trying to use the import keyboard.read_key()
Can someone please tell me how to resolve this?

File "/home/runner/Apocalypse/main.py", line 36, in <module>
    title()
  File "/home/runner/Apocalypse/main.py", line 33, in title
    k = keyboard.read_key()
  File "/home/runner/Apocalypse/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 935, in read_key
    event = read_event(suppress)
  File "/home/runner/Apocalypse/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 924, in read_event
    hooked = hook(queue.put, suppress=suppress)
  File "/home/runner/Apocalypse/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 461, in hook
    append(callback)
  File "/home/runner/Apocalypse/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/keyboard/_generic.py", line 67, in add_handler
    self.start_if_necessary()
  File "/home/runner/Apocalypse/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/keyboard/_generic.py", line 35, in start_if_necessary
    self.init()
  File "/home/runner/Apocalypse/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 196, in init
    _os_keyboard.init()
  File "/home/runner/Apocalypse/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/keyboard/_nixkeyboard.py", line 113, in init
    build_device()
  File "/home/runner/Apocalypse/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/keyboard/_nixkeyboard.py", line 109, in build_device
    ensure_root()
  File "/home/runner/Apocalypse/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/keyboard/_nixcommon.py", line 174, in ensure_root
    raise ImportError('You must be root to use this library on linux.')
ImportError: You must be root to use this library on linux.
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Given the error I’d suggest you change the library to use the curses module. It doesn’t require root access and works well on Replit.

There is a good documentation here: Curses Programming with Python — Python 3.12.0 documentation

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