ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_curses' on Windows

[anwar3606]

Getting this error when running in windows:

C:\Users\anwar\Desktop\gitlab-helper\venv\Scripts\python.exe C:/Users/anwar/Desktop/gitlab-helper/project-avatar-updater.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/anwar/Desktop/gitlab-helper/project-avatar-updater.py", line 1, in <module>
    from google_images_search import GoogleImagesSearch
  File "C:\Users\anwar\Desktop\gitlab-helper\venv\lib\site-packages\google_images_search\__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from google_images_search.fetch_resize_save import \
  File "C:\Users\anwar\Desktop\gitlab-helper\venv\lib\site-packages\google_images_search\fetch_resize_save.py", line 2, in <module>
    import curses
  File "C:\Python38\lib\curses\__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
    from _curses import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_curses'

Used the demo on readme

[max4211]

pmbarrett314/curses-menu#18 (comment)

try pip install windows-curses

[arrrlo]

Hi @anwar3606,

Did you manage to solve this?

[anwar3606]

@arrrlo
yes, this fixes things