How To Install pyserial.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyserial.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. pyserial.noarch is Python serial port access library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyserial.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `pyserial.noarch`

This module encapsulates the access for the serial port. It provides backends for standard Python running on Windows, Linux, BSD (possibly any POSIX compilant system) and Jython. The module named “serial” automaticaly selects the appropriate backend.

We can use yum to install pyserial.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pyserial.noarch.

Install pyserial.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pyserial.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pyserial.noarch

How To Uninstall pyserial.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the pyserial.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove pyserial.noarch

pyserial.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/miniterm.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyserial-2.6-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/rfc2217.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/rfc2217.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/rfc2217.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialcli.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialcli.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialcli.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialjava.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialjava.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialjava.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialposix.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialposix.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialutil.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialutil.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialutil.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialwin32.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialwin32.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialwin32.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/sermsdos.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/sermsdos.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/sermsdos.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/list_ports.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/list_ports.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/list_ports.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/list_ports_posix.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/list_ports_posix.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/list_ports_posix.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/list_ports_windows.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/list_ports_windows.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/list_ports_windows.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/miniterm.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/miniterm.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/tools/miniterm.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/protocol_hwgrep.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/protocol_hwgrep.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/protocol_hwgrep.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/protocol_loop.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/protocol_loop.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/protocol_loop.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/protocol_rfc2217.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/protocol_rfc2217.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/protocol_rfc2217.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/protocol_socket.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/protocol_socket.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/urlhandler/protocol_socket.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/win32.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/win32.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/win32.pyo
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/CHANGES.txt
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/enhancedserial.py
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/port_publisher.py
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/port_publisher.sh
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/rfc2217_server.py
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/scan.py
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/scanlinux.py
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/scanwin32.py
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/setup-miniterm-py2exe.py
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/setup-rfc2217_server-py2exe.py
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/setup-wxTerminal-py2exe.py
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/tcp_serial_redirect.py
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/wxSerialConfigDialog.py
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/wxSerialConfigDialog.wxg
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/wxTerminal.py
/usr/share/doc/pyserial-2.6/examples/wxTerminal.wxg

References

pyserial.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyserial.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.