how to use python3.8 with ROS Kinetic in a node (import rospy)?

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Hey,

I am using ROS kinetic which supports python2.7. I want to run a node with python3.8 using rosrun.

when I used a shebang to test the script without any "import rospy" it worked.

but when I include "import rospy" to turn the script into a node and be able to send values, it gives me the following error: in import yaml ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'yaml'

I would greatly appreciate any idea to make ROS kinetic itself use python3.8 instead of python2.7 and fix this issue.

Thanks in advance

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Originally posted by AA A on ROS Answers with karma: 23 on 2022-04-07

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Original comments

Comment by WarTurtle on 2022-04-07:
Here are some similar answers that might help you:

ROS Kinetic and Python3 general

rospy and python3 specific

Answer 1

Can you update your system to a later version of ROS that uses Python 3.8? Noetic should do it.

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Originally posted by Rodolfo8 with karma: 299 on 2022-04-08

This answer was ACCEPTED on the original site

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