Bug#1105158: python3-comedilib: Python 3 comedi module cannot be import
From
Ian Abbott@21:1/5 to
All on Mon May 12 15:10:01 2025
Package: python3-comedilib
Version: 0.11.0+5-1.3+b1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
The way the comedi Python module is installed by the Debian package means that a simple script such as the following does not work:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import comedi
print(comedi.MAJOR)
When run, the follow Error is produced:
AttributeError: module 'comedi' has no attribute 'MAJOR'
This is because the Debian package installs /usr/lib/python3/dist- packages/comedi/comedi.py whereas building and installing "manually" via the "./configure; make; sudo make install" method would not create the "comedi" subdirectory in the *-packages directory.
The following script does work, but is non-canonical:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import comedi.comedi as comedi
print(comedi.MAJOR)
One workaround is to create the file /usr/lib/python3/dist- packages/comedi/__init__.py containing just this one line:
from .comedi import *
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (920, 'testing'), (820, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'stable'), (120, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386, armhf
Kernel: Linux 6.12.25-amd64 (SMP w/6 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages python3-comedilib depends on:
ii libc6 2.41-7
ii libcomedi0t64 0.11.0+5-1.3+b1
ii python3 3.13.3-1
python3-comedilib recommends no packages.
python3-comedilib suggests no packages.
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