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Install requirements

  • Install python3 and pip3.
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-serial

Build and Install the SDK

  • If you downloaded the SDK as source code, you should install it using pip3 (excluding those who installed via pip3 install).
$ cd DynamixelSDK/python
$ pip install .
  • You can check whether pip recognizes the SDK by running the following command:
$ pip show dynamixel_sdk
Name: dynamixel-sdk
Version: *.*.*
Summary: UNKNOWN
Home-page: UNKNOWN
Author:
Author-email:
License: UNKNOWN
Location: location your sdk installed in # ex. /home/robotis/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages OR /opt/ros/humble/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages
Requires:
Required-by: