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This is the symptom.
 
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The problem is an old version of pyusb. It should be 1.0 ore greater.
 
The problem is an old version of pyusb. It should be 1.0 ore greater.
 
[http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.pyusb.user/687 pyusb fix link]
 
[http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.pyusb.user/687 pyusb fix link]
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I found it at: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyusb/?source=dlp]
  
 
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root@raspberrypi:/home/pi/wedo# ls /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
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unzip pyusb-1.0.0a3.zip
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debconf.py   python-support.pth
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cd pyusb-1.0.0a3/
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debconf.pyc   pyusb-0.4.3.egg-info
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sudo python setup.py install
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distribute-0.6.24dev_r0.egg-info  README
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ls /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/
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easy_install.py   RPi
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    easy-install.pth pyusb-1.0.0a3.egg-info  usb  wedo-1.0.0-py2.7.egg
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easy_install.pyc   RPi.GPIO-0.4.1a.egg-info
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pip   serial
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pip-1.1.egg-info   setuptools
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pkg_resources.py   setuptools.egg-info
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pkg_resources.pyc   setuptools.pth
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pygame   site.py
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pygame-1.9.1release.egg-info   site.pyc
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pyserial-2.5.egg-info   usb.so
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Revision as of 09:47, 12 May 2013

Software Dependancies

Some or all of the following are required. 

aptitude install python-pip
aptitude install python-dev
aptitude install python-usb
aptitude install git

Standard install for WeDo Library - Failing

pip install wedo

A possible workaround for the missing CHANGES.rst file. 

cd build/wedo/
cat one two three > CHANGES.rst
python setup.py install

Workaround install for WeDo Library

git clone git://github.com/itdaniher/WeDoMore.git
cd WeDoMore/
sudo python setup.py install

Fixing a Missing usb.core

This is the symptom. 

sudo python
>>> from wedo import WeDo
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wedo-1.0.0-py2.7.egg/wedo/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    import usb.core
ImportError: No module named core

The problem is an old version of pyusb. It should be 1.0 ore greater. pyusb fix link I found it at: [1] 

unzip pyusb-1.0.0a3.zip
cd pyusb-1.0.0a3/
sudo python setup.py install 
ls /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/
    easy-install.pth  pyusb-1.0.0a3.egg-info  usb  wedo-1.0.0-py2.7.egg
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