app.py line 17, no module named "flask"

[novo280]

just saw the reddit post and wanted to try. i am on bazzite/fedora atomic. python 3.14.3 installed. device was pref flashed with esptool and is currently recognized on the defined serial port.

novo280@2a02-8388-0382-0c00-cc78-2230-bfe1-2eb6:~/overmesh$ sudo python3 app.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/home/novo280/overmesh/app.py", line 17, in <module> from flask import Flask, Response, jsonify, render_template, request ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'flask' novo280@2a02-8388-0382-0c00-cc78-2230-bfe1-2eb6:~/overmesh$ python3 Python 3.14.3 (main, Feb 4 2026, 00:00:00) [GCC 15.2.1 20260123 (Red Hat 15.2.1-7)] on linux

[Slofi]

Use a virtual environment: python3 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt , Bazzite/Fedora Atomic blocks system-wide pip installs by default. Also no need for sudo.