How to install pywidevine via python pip

- Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
- Topic :: Multimedia
- Topic :: Multimedia :: Video
- Topic :: Security :: Cryptography

When you know about this project and you want to new install pywidevine to support your project or you get trouble as ModuleNotFoundError: No module named "pywidevine" or ImportError: cannot import name "pywidevine" in your project, let follow this tutorial to install pywidevine

Installation:

Step 1: First, ensure you installed pip in your os, to check pip has been installed on your computer

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip --version

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip --version

Ensure pip, setuptools, and wheel are up to date:

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

py -m pip install --user virtualenv

py -m venv test_pywidevine_env

test_pywidevine_env\Scripts\active

pip3 install virtualenv

python3 -m venv test_pywidevine_env

source test_pywidevine_env/bin/active

Step 2: OK, now, let flow below content to start the installation pywidevine

To install pywidevine on Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install pywidevine

To install pywidevine on Unix/macOs:

pip install pywidevine

Step 3: If you want to install a specific pywidevine version, add ==<pywidevine version> to the end command line

Example:

pip install pywidevine==1.0.0

Please see the version list below table:

py -m pip install pywidevine==1.4.1

pip install pywidevine==1.4.1

py -m pip install pywidevine==1.4.0

pip install pywidevine==1.4.0

py -m pip install pywidevine==1.3.1

pip install pywidevine==1.3.1

py -m pip install pywidevine==1.3.0

pip install pywidevine==1.3.0

py -m pip install pywidevine==1.2.1

pip install pywidevine==1.2.1

py -m pip install pywidevine==1.2.0

pip install pywidevine==1.2.0

py -m pip install pywidevine==1.1.1

pip install pywidevine==1.1.1

py -m pip install pywidevine==1.1.0

pip install pywidevine==1.1.0

py -m pip install pywidevine==1.0.1

pip install pywidevine==1.0.1

py -m pip install pywidevine==1.0.0

pip install pywidevine==1.0.0

Step 4: Otherwise, you can install pywidevine from local archives:

Download the distribution file from pywidevine-1.4.1.tar.gz or the specific pywidevine version in the below list of distribution

After that, install by command:

On Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install <path_to_pywidevine_downloaded_file>

On Unix/macOs:

pip install <path_to_pywidevine_downloaded_file>

List distribution:

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