nmap-python won't install properly on Raspberry Pi

Question

I am trying to scan my network for connected mac addresses and found that nmap could do the trick. Since I want to monitor connections over time, I want to use my Raspberry Pi which has no use until now to do the task on its own in an interval I don't know yet. I obviously chose Python (which I am new to) to do the tasks I mentioned above.

My Problem begins with installing nmap. I installed it for the Terminal via sudo apt-get install nmap which didn't work well, because it's not a Python module, duh. I then installed nmap-python via sudo apt-get install nmap-python and tried to import it in Python (at first via the shell) with import nmap

which gave me:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
    import nmap
ImportError: No module named nmap

(same thing for the import via a .py-script)

If I list all my Modules via help('modules'), it shows several modules and one of them is nmap

...what's the problem now? I don't get it. Did I miss something?

Louis Ventre · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-18 12:34:19Z

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It may come from the version of Python. It's possible that the module nmap-python you installed is for Python 2 and you are using the pyshell for Python 3, or the inverse.

answered Dec 18, 2015 at 12:34

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Rasalas Over a year ago

that was the problem...oh my god - too easy I guess. Thank you very much!

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