ImportError: You must be root to use this library on linux.
I want to read key press in ros noetic, therefore I am using keyboard library from python and I am getting this error. does anyone know what to do?
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "key.py", line 10, in <module>
key = keyboard.read_key()
File "/home/warman/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 935, in read_key
event = read_event(suppress)
File "/home/warman/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 924, in read_event
hooked = hook(queue.put, suppress=suppress)
File "/home/warman/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 461, in hook
append(callback)
File "/home/warman/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/keyboard/_generic.py", line 67, in add_handler
self.start_if_necessary()
File "/home/warman/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/keyboard/_generic.py", line 35, in start_if_necessary
self.init()
File "/home/warman/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 196, in init
_os_keyboard.init()
File "/home/warman/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/keyboard/_nixkeyboard.py", line 113, in init
build_device()
File "/home/warman/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/keyboard/_nixkeyboard.py", line 109, in build_device
ensure_root()
File "/home/warman/.local/lib/python3.8/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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