ImportError: No module named RPi

Question 1

I am trying to run a package on my Raspberry Pi:

At the terminal, I typed in “sudo apt-get install picap” followed by enter.

I get it installed but cannot execute "picap-setup" – instead an error message follows:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ picap-setup Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ImportError: No module named RPi

Python-dev and Rpi.GPIO are installed on the Pi.I also updated the Pi with the latest version with sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade.

Picap comes from :https://www.bareconductive.com/make/setting-up-pi-cap-raspberry-pi/

I am thankful for any hints.

Question 2

do you have pip installed???

Question 3

First of all, repeat following process

sudo apt-get install python-pippip freeze | grep RPi

see what you get after this second command, If you get a valid module for RPi.GPIO or not.And then following if not installed.

For Python 2

sudo apt-get install python-dev python-rpi.gpio

or

pip install RPi.GPIO

For python3

sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-rpi.gpio

and then ( for python 2 or python 3):

sudo apt-get install picappicap-setup

These all worked for me, Just you need to verifypip freeze | grep RPi. And one more thing sometimes some modules are not available for normal user only for root user. Make sure. I did all above using mypi user.

Question 4

I wouldnot usepip to install to system packages, either install from system package manager withapt or usevirtualenv if you want to use pip.

Question 5

Yeah thats correct, agreed

Question 6

For Python3 usesudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-rpi.gpio.

Question 7

@crasic Could you explain why or point me in the direction of an explanation for simpletons? Thanks.

Question 8

I get the following when trying to run picap-setup on my Raspberry Pi 4 with Python 3.7 in a virtualenv:

File "<stdin>", line 2     print GPIO.RPI_INFO['TYPE']              ^ SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(GPIO.RPI_INFO['TYPE'])?

. It seems like this doesn't work with Python 3

Question 9

If Python RPi module is missing, one can installpip with all dependencies and then install the module usingpip or go with the better approach and install the module alone:

sudo apt-get install python-rpi.gpio

for Python3 this one:

sudo apt-get install python3-rpi.gpio

Question 10

Some appliances/JeOS doesn't support distro upgrade (like Volumio) and updating and installing a lot of dependencies can break the system, so this is another reason why to go low profile like that.

Question 11

For Windows

pip install python3-rpi.gpio

or

pip install RPi.GPIO

Question 12

I had a similar issue with my Pi. Doing a simple pip install solved the issue.

pip install RPi.GPIO

Question 13

This just repeats answers from 1 year ago.

Question 14

if using pycharm on windows then it will work like this

upgrade pip
C:\Users\sandeep\PycharmProjects\newnum1\venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
installing the module
pip install RPi.GPIO
it worked for me should work for everyone

Question 15

That answer has already been given - twice.

Question 16

any of those didn't work for me so i provided my version that worked perfectly

BetaDev 4513 silver badges6 bronze badges · Answer 1 · 2020-10-03 19:09:45Z

First of all, repeat following process

sudo apt-get install python-pippip freeze | grep RPi

see what you get after this second command, If you get a valid module for RPi.GPIO or not.And then following if not installed.

For Python 2

sudo apt-get install python-dev python-rpi.gpio

or

pip install RPi.GPIO

For python3

sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-rpi.gpio

and then ( for python 2 or python 3):

sudo apt-get install picappicap-setup

These all worked for me, Just you need to verifypip freeze | grep RPi. And one more thing sometimes some modules are not available for normal user only for root user. Make sure. I did all above using mypi user.

I wouldnot usepip to install to system packages, either install from system package manager withapt or usevirtualenv if you want to use pip.
For Python3 usesudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-rpi.gpio.
@crasic Could you explain why or point me in the direction of an explanation for simpletons? Thanks.
I get the following when trying to run picap-setup on my Raspberry Pi 4 with Python 3.7 in a virtualenv:File "<stdin>", line 2 print GPIO.RPI_INFO['TYPE'] ^ SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(GPIO.RPI_INFO['TYPE'])?. It seems like this doesn't work with Python 3

dmnc 1611 silver badge3 bronze badges · Answer 2 · 2019-03-12 11:44:04Z

If Python RPi module is missing, one can installpip with all dependencies and then install the module usingpip or go with the better approach and install the module alone:

sudo apt-get install python-rpi.gpio

for Python3 this one:

sudo apt-get install python3-rpi.gpio

Some appliances/JeOS doesn't support distro upgrade (like Volumio) and updating and installing a lot of dependencies can break the system, so this is another reason why to go low profile like that.

Dhiren Biren 1511 silver badge1 bronze badge · Answer 3 · 2019-06-28 08:52:23Z

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For Windows

pip install python3-rpi.gpio

or

pip install RPi.GPIO

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Mayoogh Girish 1643 bronze badges · Answer 4 · 2020-03-19 09:37:41Z

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I had a similar issue with my Pi. Doing a simple pip install solved the issue.

pip install RPi.GPIO

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This just repeats answers from 1 year ago.
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Jangir 1 · Answer 5 · 2022-05-18 13:05:56Z

if using pycharm on windows then it will work like this

upgrade pip
C:\Users\sandeep\PycharmProjects\newnum1\venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
installing the module
pip install RPi.GPIO
it worked for me should work for everyone

any of those didn't work for me so i provided my version that worked perfectly

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