Keep getting import errors

[erikvanelten]

Tried it on a headless Pi Zero W and on a Pi 3B 1.2, with both Python 2.7.9 and Python 3.4.2 but every time I get the following when I try to run the first bit of code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bluedot.py", line 1, in
from bluedot import BlueDot
File "/home/pi/bluedot/bluedot.py", line 1, in
from bluedot import BlueDot
ImportError: cannot import name BlueDot

[martinohanlon]

Have you run, and has it completed successfully, the install of python-dbus and bluedot: sudo apt-get install python3-dbus sudo pip3 install bluedot Are you running a recent version of Raspbian with pixel? Previous versions of Raspbian didn't include the bluetooth libraries. On 12 Apr 2017 16:59, "erikvanelten" <notifications@github.com> wrote: Tried it on a headless Pi Zero W and on a Pi 3B 1.2, with both Python 2.7.9 and Python 3.4.2 but every time I get the following when I try to run the first bit of code: Traceback (most recent call last): File "bluedot.py", line 1, in from bluedot import BlueDot File "/home/pi/bluedot/bluedot.py", line 1, in from bluedot import BlueDot ImportError: cannot import name BlueDot — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#40>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACOLneuhhQrezJiqzqKnXBzP9d272haIks5rvOa5gaJpZM4M7jBU> .

[martinohanlon]

I see the problem.... You have called your program bluedot.py... Now when you: import bluedot .. it's importing your bluedot.py program not the bluedot module as Python looks in the local directory for a file called bluedot before looking in the installed packages. Rename your program and delete all the pycache & *.pyc directories and files. On 12 Apr 2017 16:59, "erikvanelten" <notifications@github.com> wrote: Tried it on a headless Pi Zero W and on a Pi 3B 1.2, with both Python 2.7.9 and Python 3.4.2 but every time I get the following when I try to run the first bit of code: Traceback (most recent call last): File "bluedot.py", line 1, in from bluedot import BlueDot File "/home/pi/bluedot/bluedot.py", line 1, in from bluedot import BlueDot ImportError: cannot import name BlueDot — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#40>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACOLneuhhQrezJiqzqKnXBzP9d272haIks5rvOa5gaJpZM4M7jBU> .

[martinohanlon]

Put a note into the getting started instructions about not calling your program bluedot.

[martinohanlon]

Updated getting started guide.

[erikvanelten]

Martin, Thanks for the quick reply! Let's call this a beginner's error, but to be honest I think this is strange Python behaviour. But this did the trick. Once, in fact. The BT connection was lost immediately, but that's probably due to the wobbly BT-connection with my Nexus 5. Anyway: solved!! Cheers, Erik

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________________________________ From: martinohanlon <notifications@github.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 3:20 PM To: martinohanlon/BlueDot Cc: erikvanelten; Author Subject: Re: [martinohanlon/BlueDot] Keep getting import errors (#40) I see the problem.... You have called your program bluedot.py... Now when you: import bluedot .. it's importing your bluedot.py program not the bluedot module as Python looks in the local directory for a file called bluedot before looking in the installed packages. Rename your program and delete all the pycache & *.pyc directories and files. On 12 Apr 2017 16:59, "erikvanelten" <notifications@github.com> wrote: Tried it on a headless Pi Zero W and on a Pi 3B 1.2, with both Python 2.7.9 and Python 3.4.2 but every time I get the following when I try to run the first bit of code: Traceback (most recent call last): File "bluedot.py", line 1, in from bluedot import BlueDot File "/home/pi/bluedot/bluedot.py", line 1, in from bluedot import BlueDot ImportError: cannot import name BlueDot — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#40>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACOLneuhhQrezJiqzqKnXBzP9d272haIks5rvOa5gaJpZM4M7jBU> . — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#40 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AKc8XP4m5nMT7jTX1hxkaIz5pbx4Qzdxks5rvOujgaJpZM4M7jBU>.

[crazyonej]

I am having the same issue as above, "ImportError: No module named bluedot"

I followed the steps but get the same error on both a zero w and Pi3

pi@raspberrypiFULL:/python $ python MyDot.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "MyDot.py", line 1, in
from bluedot import BlueDot
ImportError: No module named bluedot
pi@raspberrypiFULL:/python $ sudo apt-get install python3-dbus
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python3-dbus is already the newest version (1.2.4-1).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
lxkeymap python-cairo python-gobject python-gobject-2 python-gtk2 python-xklavier
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
pi@raspberrypiFULL:/python $ sudo pip3 install bluedot
Requirement already satisfied: bluedot in /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages
pi@raspberrypiFULL:/python $
pi@raspberrypiFULL:~/python $ python MyDot.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "MyDot.py", line 1, in
from bluedot import BlueDot
ImportError: No module named bluedot

[martinohanlon]

You installed BlueDot for python 3 but you are running your program with python 2.

Change

python MyDot.py

To

python3 MyDot.py