[Solved] ESP32 and Aduino IDE (under Linux) - ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'serial'.

I have an Arduino IDE under Linux (in the form of APPIMAGE - in one file) and I am using ESP32.

In the Arduino IDE I get an error (when trying to verify the code):

Quote:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/cc/.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool.py", line 31, in
import esptool
File "/home/cc/.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool/__init__.py", line 41, in
from esptool.cmds import (
File "/home/cc/.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool/cmds.py", line 14, in
from .bin_image import ELFFile, ImageSegment, LoadFirmwareImage
File "/home/cc/.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool/bin_image.py", line 14, in
from .loader import ESPLoader
File "/home/cc/.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool/loader.py", line 30, in
import serial
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'serial'

exit status 1

Compilation error: exit status 1

It appears that the Arduino IDE uses a Python in which there is no pyserial, but I don't know how to check which Python the IDE uses.

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3.9.12 on Linux (system), but I also have Anaconda and I don't know if the Arduino IDE doesn't have its Python? I can't open the terminal from within the Arduino IDE.

CC_PL wrote:

I don't know if the Arduino IDE doesn't have its own Python?

No. It uses the system one.

OK, problem solved. You need to install the Arduino IDE from the Ubuntu Software application. The "portable" version in the form of the AppImage file doesn't quite work (even though it was downloaded from Arduino.cc).