Visual studio code (Import "Crypto.Util.number" could not be resolved) when i try to run some code for cryptohack

Question

I wanted to start solving puzzles and stuff on cryptohack because one of my university classes requires it and i want to use the python library pycryptodome but even after installing it i get the error :Import "Crypto.Util.number" could not be resolved.

i've tried a few time to uninstall and reinstall the library but it doesn't seem to fix it and whenever i try to do 'pip3 install --upgrade pycrypto' i get these errors at the bottom

" note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip. ERROR: Failed building wheel for pycrypto Running setup.py clean for pycrypto Failed to build pycrypto"

any recommendations for fixing it will be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

Uninstall pycrypto and pycryptodome. Try to uninstall both so that conflicting packages are removed.

pip uninstall pycrypto
pup uninstall pycryptodome

Then install pycryptodome.

pip install pycryptodome