Illegal Instruction with Mini PiTFT 1.3" - 240x240

[plebel]

Hi there!
I'm new to posting here. I bought a Mini-TFT 240x240 display and I'm having troubles getting started.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/4484#technical-details.

I'm running a raspberry pi zero W with a fresh install of Raspberry Pi OS Lite. Here are the commands I ran on the fresh install:

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sudo apt-get install python3-venv
python3 -m venv magic
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade -y
source magic/bin/activate
pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-st7789

Now, in a python 3.7 terminal when I try to import the module I get:

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>>> import adafruit_st7789
Illegal instruction

Any ideas? I read on other forums that the illegal instruction error means the module I'm importing was compiled for the wrong OS. It's entirely possible I failed at following the instructions correctly from here https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Ci ... hon_Bundle.

Thanks!

Paul

[plebel]

Hi Adafruit,
Any thoughts on this? I'm stuck not being able to run your Mini PiTFT :-(
Thanks,

Paul

[adafruit_support_carter]

Try setting up the software installs per the guide here:
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-min ... i/overview

[plebel]

Thanks - it's working now! I somehow missed this tutorial link before, and got to the circuit python bundle installation, which includes the ST7789 library module.