How to install lirc in Python 3.8 when previously installed in Python 3.5?
Question:
I have been using lirc in Python 2.7 and Python 3.5.3 on Rpi3. Now I have installed Python 3.8.7 from source code, but I am not able to use lirc in this version of Python, but it still works in Python 3.5. apt-get reports that python3-lirc is already the newest version (1.2.1-2). How to get lirc work in both Python 3.5 and 3.8?
pi@RPi3:~ $ python
Python 3.8.7 (default, Jan 7 2021, 08:59:27)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import lirc
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'lirc'
>>>
pi@RPi3:~ $ python3.5
Python 3.5.3 (default, Nov 18 2020, 21:09:16)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import lirc
>>> sockid=lirc.init("myProg", blocking = False)
>>>
Answers:
It means that you installed lirc on only one of the two pythons.
Use the pip from your Python 3.8 to install lirc so that the module will also be accessible to your Python 3.8.
Module lirc has to be uninstalled with pip, then python-lirc can be installed in Python 3,8 as described in https://github.com/tompreston/python-lirc/issues/26 after installing cyhton with pip.
I have been using lirc in Python 2.7 and Python 3.5.3 on Rpi3. Now I have installed Python 3.8.7 from source code, but I am not able to use lirc in this version of Python, but it still works in Python 3.5. apt-get reports that python3-lirc is already the newest version (1.2.1-2). How to get lirc work in both Python 3.5 and 3.8?
pi@RPi3:~ $ python
Python 3.8.7 (default, Jan 7 2021, 08:59:27)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import lirc
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'lirc'
>>>
pi@RPi3:~ $ python3.5
Python 3.5.3 (default, Nov 18 2020, 21:09:16)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import lirc
>>> sockid=lirc.init("myProg", blocking = False)
>>>
It means that you installed lirc on only one of the two pythons.
Use the pip from your Python 3.8 to install lirc so that the module will also be accessible to your Python 3.8.
Module lirc has to be uninstalled with pip, then python-lirc can be installed in Python 3,8 as described in https://github.com/tompreston/python-lirc/issues/26 after installing cyhton with pip.