Installing Python Sdk For Nao Robots

I'm trying to follow the documentation provided by Aldebaran here in order to get my NAO ready for Python programming. I correctly downloaded the NAOqi framework adapted to my OS (

Solution 1:

Suppose you have naoqi installed in /home/user/naoqi

1.- Open a text editor (Kate, Gedit,... whatever)

2.- Open the file /home/user/.profile

3.- At the end of the file, add the following line

export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:/home/user/naoqi

4.- Reboot (Close your session and login again also works, but just to be sure)

NOTE: Remember to change /home/user/naoqi with the correct path

Solution 2:

I had this issue for a while until I came across the Python SDK - Troubleshooting page which states that the path to the naoqi.py file that should be on your PYTHONPATH is /path/to/python-sdk/lib/python2.7/site-packages

I added the following line to my .bashrc file

export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:/path/to/naoqi/lib/python2.7/site-packages

and then ran source .bashrc in the terminal.

You can test if the path has been added correctly by running the following lines of code in a python2 terminal.

import sys
print"\n".join(sys.path)

You should see your above path in the list. Lastly try import naoqi in a python2 terminal to confirm.