Installing Python Modules globally using pip

Question

I'm doing a Udemy course using Python, and I recently created a fresh copy of Raspian for my Raspbery Pi 3B+. I have attempted to install the module pyfiglet, and used the terminal command sudo pip install pyfiglet. However, when I attempt to use it using the IDE Thonny, I get a syntax error saying that the module doesn't exist.

I'm assuming I'd need to install the module to PATH. How would I do this?

Answer 1

You tagged with python-3 but with sudo pip install pyfiglet you installed for python2, which is out of any support now. Just install it for python3 with:

rpi ~$ sudo pip3 install pyfiglet