No module named dbus - I already have that - Raspbian

Question

I'm getting an ImportError "no module named dbus" when I reinstalled it

("sudo apt-get install --reinstall dbus")

It wrote me

"0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded"

Can anyone help me? I'm trying to use this github repository: "keyboard_mouse_emulate_on_raspberry"

I need to fix that because of send_string.py file is giving me an error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "send_string.py", in line 4, in <module>
    import dbus

The issues with `dbus` not being available in Python on Raspbian (Raspberry Pi OS) is if you are using the `lite` version or have a Python Virtual Environment. I also think the package to install is `sudo apt-get install python3-dbus`. A simpler test would be do the following on the command line `python3 -c "import dbus; print(dbus.__file__)"` and update your question with what that returns. For me it reports `/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/__init__.py` — ukBaz, Apr 14 '22 at 09:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 14 '22 at 06:58

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Use pip, not apt-get.

pip install dbus

or

python pip install dbus

or

python -m pip install dbus

answered Apr 14 '22 at 06:58

Kovy Jacob

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executing "pip3 --version" is giving me "pip 20.3.4 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip (python 3.9), on pip install dbus is giving me "No matching distribution found for dbus", python pip install dbus is giving me "python: can't open file 'pip': [Errno 2] No such file or directory", python -m pip install dbus is giving me "/usr/bin/python: No module named pip" – Martin Trnka Apr 14 '22 at 07:09
Try python -m pip install dbus – Kovy Jacob Apr 14 '22 at 07:10
"/usr/bin/python: No module named pip", I've already installed him (and reinstalled 2 times) – Martin Trnka Apr 14 '22 at 07:14
Try python3 -m pip install dbus – Kovy Jacob Apr 14 '22 at 07:16
same error, now I tried to change dbus for dbus-python, it's already installed, may I edit the file calling dbus? – Martin Trnka Apr 14 '22 at 07:21
try installing dbus-next, it appears that's a more updated version. – Kovy Jacob Apr 14 '22 at 07:26
Sucessfully installed, but still getting error when I try to run send_string.py "string", still line 4 – Martin Trnka Apr 14 '22 at 07:29
What is send_string.py? – Kovy Jacob Apr 14 '22 at 07:29
its file from repository that i linked in post, error is in line 4 (import dbus), when i change it to (import dbus-next), there is error "import dbus-next" pointing to "-" with "invalid syntax" when i use space, same problem, when I use "_", "no moudel named dbus_next" – Martin Trnka Apr 14 '22 at 07:34
Did you try it with import dbus, not dbus-next? – Kovy Jacob Apr 14 '22 at 07:38
yes, "no module named dbus" – Martin Trnka Apr 14 '22 at 07:39
Oh! you have to do import dbus_next, you can't use '-' in an import statement. – Kovy Jacob Apr 14 '22 at 07:41
yes, I've did, still getting a error in line 4, "import dbus_next" "ImportError: No module named dbus_next" – Martin Trnka Apr 14 '22 at 07:43
The answer here should help - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15052206/python-pip-install-module-is-not-found-how-to-link-python-to-pip-location – Kovy Jacob Apr 14 '22 at 07:44
I've tried, now when I run "echo $PYTHONPATH", it show me correctly ":usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages:/site-packages:/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages", but I'm still getting an ImportError "No module named dbus_next", I'm more confused than I was :D – Martin Trnka Apr 14 '22 at 08:18
sudo apt-get install python-dbus – Kovy Jacob Apr 14 '22 at 08:19
"0 upgraded, 0newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded." – Martin Trnka Apr 14 '22 at 08:24
Huh. I am at a loss. – Kovy Jacob Apr 14 '22 at 08:26
Me too, I'm so confused but I need to do it to work. If I don't have to do that, I had already deleted it all :D, thank you for trying to help :) – Martin Trnka Apr 14 '22 at 08:29
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Maybe open an issue on github in that repository – Kovy Jacob Apr 14 '22 at 08:31

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