Installing PyBluez¶

PyBluez can be installed on GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac operating systems and compatible with Python 2 and 3.

Note

Before you install PyBluez please install the dependencies required for your system as described in the sections below.

Installing PyBluez using pip

pip install pybluez

Installing PyBluez from source

Download a stable release, or bleeding edge if you fancy the risk.

Version 0.22	zip_v0.22	tar.gz_v0.22
Version 0.21	zip_v0.21	tar.gz_v0.21

Bleeding Edge

Extract the zip or tar and cd to the extracted file directory, then:

python setup.py install

GNU/Linux Dependencies

Python 2.3 or more recent version
Python distutils (standard in most Python distros, separate package python-dev in Debian)
BlueZ libraries and header files

Windows Dependencies

Microsoft Windows XP SP1 or Windows Vista/7/8/8.1
Visual C++ 2010 Express for build for Python 3.3 or newer
Visual C++ 2008 Express for build for Python 3.2 or older
In order to build 64-bit debug and release executables, Visual Studio 2008/2010 Standard Edition is required.
Widcomm BTW development kit 5.0 or later (Optional)
Python 2.3 or more recent version

Mac OS Dependencies