[Bug 715766] Re: ImportError: no module named serial

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This bug was fixed in the package pyserial - 2.5-1ubuntu1

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pyserial (2.5-1ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/rules
    - don't delete contents of /usr/lib/* for python-serial (LP: #715766)
 -- Andreas Moog <amoog at ubuntu.com>   Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:18:02 +0100

** Changed in: pyserial (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  ImportError: no module named serial

Status in “pyserial” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “pyserial” package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  python-serial is installed under /usr/share/pyshared, which is not in
  python(2.7)'s search path. Thus it can't be imported.

  The following works around the problem:
  import sys
  sys.path.append('/usr/share/pyshared')

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: python-serial 2.5-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-2.29-generic 2.6.38-rc3
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-2-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Feb  9 14:38:21 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_IE.utf8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: pyserial