Installing pyserial

[ti84]

How do you install pyserial? Do you just google and download the file to the raspberry pi?

[gordon77]

sudo apt-get install python-serial

In lxterminal

For python2.7

Gordon77

[ti84]

what happens if you have raspberry pi model A with no internet connection...can you install it from a tar.gz file

[gordon77]

Yes, you need the file pyserial-2.6.tar.gz from

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial

Startx
Using 'file manager'
Copy the file into /home/pi
Double click on pyserial-2.6.tar.gz
Choose 'Action'
Choose 'Extract'
double click on pyserial-2.6.tar0
Choose 'Action'
Choose 'Extract'
Open LXTerminal
type cd pyserial-2.6
press Enter
type sudo python setup.py install
press Enter

[gordon77]

Did it work OK ?

Gordon77

[ti84]

Gordon77

thank you for the help...I have not tried your suggestion, yet...hopefully this weekend I will get a chance to work on the Pi

[jped]

Hello all,
Whenever i try any way of installing pyserial
(sudo apt-get
pip
or easy_install)
I always get an error saying "something wicked happened resolving http://...
do any of you know of possible solutions?
Any other mirrors I can use?

[DrMag]

jped:

It's hard to know just what happened in your case, especially since the address being resolved isn't showing in your post. Are you on a Model B, and is it connected to the network properly? (eg., can you browse the internet without issue?)

[6677]

Try this first while connected to the internet (preferably via ethernet to eliminate any wifi errors).
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

[sanesh]

I have a raspberry pi model B without internet connection.Can you suggest a way to install pyserial-2.7 into my pi?

[suraj2596]

Startx
Using 'file manager'
Copy the file into /home/pi
Double click on pyserial-2.6.tar.gz
Choose 'Action'
Choose 'Extract'
double click on pyserial-2.6.tar0
Choose 'Action'
Choose 'Extract'
Open LXTerminal
type cd pyserial-2.6
press Enter
type sudo python setup.py install
press Enter