Pidora - No python-smbus?

[steve]

I am trying to talk to an AVR over I2C.

I have programmed the AVR and it shows up on the I2C bus using i2cdetect. It seems like it is working. I'd now like to try to communicate using I2C with Python. All the tutorials for this say to install the python-smbus package. Unfortunately this package doesn't seem to be available in the repository for either Fedora ARM Respin, or the new Pidora.

Is there a Fedora-specific tutorial anywhere for I2C through Python? I've been Googling for the entire bank holiday weekend and simply can't get it working.

Thanks!

[steve]

Anyone?

[agreene]

I am trying to talk to an AVR over I2C.

I have programmed the AVR and it shows up on the I2C bus using i2cdetect. It seems like it is working. I'd now like to try to communicate using I2C with Python. All the tutorials for this say to install the python-smbus package. Unfortunately this package doesn't seem to be available in the repository for either Fedora ARM Respin, or the new Pidora.

Is there a Fedora-specific tutorial anywhere for I2C through Python? I've been Googling for the entire bank holiday weekend and simply can't get it working.

Thanks!

I believe that module is provide by the package i2c-tools, try install that via yum

[steve]

I believe that module is provide by the package i2c-tools, try install that via yum

Thanks.

No, that was one of the first things I installed in order to be able to run i2cdetect.

Doing,

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# yum provides "*/*smbus*"

only finds kernel-related packages.

The Python-bindings for smbus seem to be missing.

[cassioeskelsen]

sudo apt-get install python-smbus

[steve]

sudo apt-get install python-smbus

Gee. Thanks.

Firstly, this is the Pidora section of the forum. The Fedora package manager is "yum" and not "apt-get".

Secondly, as I said in the OP, there is no package in Pidora called python-smbus. If there were, this thread wouldn't exist.

Given that you appear to have registered specifically to post on this thread, I would have thought you would have at least taken the trouble to read it all the way through. You appear to have read the thread title and none of the contents.