Miffed by mip

[Guustaaf]

Using the REPL on VScode with the PicoWGo extansion on Windows

import mip

mip.install("aioble")
Installing aioble (latest) from https://micropython.org/pi/v2 to /lib
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "mip/init.py", line 1, in install
File "mip/init.py", line 1, in _install_package
File "mip/init.py", line 1, in _install_json
File "urequests.py", line 180, in get
File "urequests.py", line 76, in request
OSError: -6

[Guustaaf]

Small detail: device needs to be connected to internet.

[jimmo]

Yes, we should definitely handle this better.

FWIW, you can also use mip via mpremote which means the device itself doesn't need to be internet connected.

e.g. $mpremote mip install aioble