Raspberry Pi autonomous Drone
January 1, 2024, 06:50
I am currently trying to implement a couple of Python packages called
Dronekit: https://dronekit-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/develop/installation.html
It allows me to interact with the flight firmware for autonomous flight
MAVproxy:https://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/raspberry-pi-via-mavlink.html
Communication protocol that allows me to send commands from the flight computer(Raspberry Pi) to a flight controller
The only issue is these libraries still only exist in Python 2.7. I tried using Legacy OS but it does not support Python 2.7 packages either. Any ideas?
can't when you run the code just run it with python2
or even start a venv with python 2 not 3
I get an error massage that says can’t locate the package when I use python 2
<@1071178789939331253> what is a Venv?
create the venv like this python2 -m venv my_venv then activate it like this source my_venv/bin/activate
So in the Venv python 2 libraries are supported?
And since it’s a virtual environment could I still interact with the Uart of the raspberry pi ?
I'm not sure whether they are supported but it should work, because your creating a environment specifically for python 2
you might need to use sudo but when you run files within it, it should work
<@1071178789939331253> I get this error
one second
try this python2 -m venv path/to/venv
then source path/to/venv/bin/activate
same error
try it with python 3 just to test
aight
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Im on the legacy os btw
ok Instead of using
sudo apt-get install python- dronekit
I used pip
sudo pip install dronekit
but I get this error
yeah that might be a problem
try sudo pip2 install dronekit after this you just need to find a python 3 alternative module unfortunately
pip2 didn't work, there are no py3 alternatives
thanks for the help tho
yeah sorry I couldn't help
No worries
What is the output from cat /etc/os-release?
I get this
I spent a hour to try to work around it but I only got deeper and deeper into what is called "Dependency Hell"!
Dronekit need:
sudo apt install libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev python2-dev python2 sudo pip2 install lxml sudo pip2 install dronekitBut it always fails on lxml. And then I discover that it is outdated (2016) and the repo is asking for new maintainers https://github.com/dronekit/dronekit-python
So I think you need to look for an alternative or asking in the "issue" on github
<@796000224690307072> thank you for your time and looking in to it
Your welcome
I might have to create a project and create a control firmware myself, I’ll keep you posted if interested
Search for "alternative dronekit"