VL53L1X Qwiic driver not found

Qwiic System
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I’m trying to use the VL53L1CD with python on an Rpi 3B+. I cloned the repo:

git clone https://github.com/sparkfun/Qwiic_VL53L1X_Py.git

See notes on how I installed the lib below.

I wrote a simple python script, but Example1_ReadDistance.py is essentially the same and gets the same error:

The qwiic drivers are not installed - please check your installation
VL53L1X Qwiic Test

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pi/github/Qwiic_VL53L1X_Py/examples/Example1_ReadDistance.py", line 61, in <module>
    ToF = qwiic.QwiicVL53L1X()
AttributeError: module 'qwiic' has no attribute 'QwiicVL53L1X'

Install:

I tried following the tutorial on the VL53L1X, and installed the python library with:

sudo pip3 install sparkfun-qwiic-vl53l1x

I got confused and did the local install and generally hacked at it before doing the pip3 install. But I think the global install worked. Here’s what pip3 says:

pip3 show sparkfun-qwiic-vl53l1x

Name: sparkfun-qwiic-vl53l1x
Version: 1.0.1
Summary: SparkFun Electronics Qwiic VL53L1X
Home-page: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14722
Author: SparkFun Electronics
Author-email: info@sparkfun.com
License: MIT
Location: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/sparkfun_qwiic_vl53l1x-1.0.1-py3.9.egg
Requires: sparkfun-qwiic-i2c
Required-by: sparkfun-qwiic

I’m running on a Raspberry Pi 3B, Raspberry Pi OS, uname -r says: 5.10.92-v7+

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It looks like it’s still struggling to find the qwiic pointer/supporting library.

I’d try starting all the way over - uninstall environment(s), re-install with qwiic package 1st, then try again?