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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ automatically selects the appropriate backend.
It is released under a free software license, see LICENSE_ for more
details.
-Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Chris Liechti <cliechti(at)gmx.net>
+Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Chris Liechti <cliechti(at)gmx.net>
Other pages (online)
@@ -62,16 +62,24 @@ is required..
From source (tar.gz or checkout)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial
+Download the archive from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial.
Unpack the archive, enter the ``pyserial-x.y`` directory and run::
python setup.py install
-Setuptools/PyPI
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+For Python 3.x::
+
+ python3 setup.py install
+
+From PyPI
+~~~~~~~~~
Alternatively it can be installed from PyPI, either manually downloading the
files and installing as described above or using::
+ pip pyserial
+
+or::
+
easy_install -U pyserial
Packages
@@ -79,7 +87,8 @@ Packages
There are also packaged versions for some Linux distributions and Windows:
Debian/Ubuntu
- A package is available under the name "python-serial".
+ A package is available under the name "python-serial". Note that some
+ distributions package an older version of pySerial.
Windows
There is also a Windows installer for end users. It is located in the