I tried yum import pyserial yum provides '*serial*' gave me distribution-gpg-keys-copr-1.15-1.el6.noarch : GPG keys for Copr projects Repo : epel Matched from: Filename : /usr/share/distribution-gpg-keys/copr/copr-ifas-pyserial.gpg python2-ivi-0.14.9-3.el6.noarch : %{sum} Repo : epel Matched from: Filename : /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ivi/interface/pyserial.pyo Filename : /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ivi/interface/pyserial.pyc Filename : /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ivi/interface/pyserial.py yum install python2-ivi-0.14.9-3.el6.noarch "worked", but didn't help: [hennebry at localhost ~]$ python Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Aug 18 2016, 15:13:37) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-17)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import pyserial Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named pyserial >>> import serial Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named serial >>> What happened? How do I get pyerial? -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards