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I get this traceback when attempting to connect to a serial port on ubuntu 16.04

File "debugRead2.py", line 6, in <module>
ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyACM0', 115200)
AttributeError: module 'serial' has no attribute 'Serial'

My file is named debugRead2.py so it isn't an issue with naming.

When I change:

import serial
ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyACM0', 115200)

to 

from serial import serial
ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyACM0', 115200)

I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "debugRead2.py", line 1, in <module>
    from serial import serial
ImportError: cannot import name 'serial'

I have both the serial and pyserial packages installed.

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  • did you install using pip ? Commented Nov 20, 2017 at 3:31
  • yes i used pip to install Commented Nov 20, 2017 at 3:32
  • Try uninstalling the serial package. That one is for serializing JSON/YAML/XML, not using serial ports. It might be causing a conflict. Commented Nov 20, 2017 at 3:33
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    Open the Python interpreter from the same folder your code is in and type import serial; serial! What's the output? Commented Nov 20, 2017 at 3:34
  • just did, am still getting the same error Commented Nov 20, 2017 at 3:35
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