ESP32-Cam error when compiling sketch

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Hello all, as the title itself states, I'm getting this error while trying to compile the webserver sketch for the SEP32-Cam:

Arduino: 1.8.9 (Linux), Board: "AI Thinker ESP32-CAM"

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/2.6.1/esptool.py", line 37, in <module>
    import serial
Multiple libraries were found for "WiFi.h"
 Used: /root/.arduino15/packages/esp32/hardware/esp32/1.0.2/libraries/WiFi
 Not used: /home/dps/arduino-1.8.9/libraries/WiFi
ImportError: No module named serial
exit status 1
Error compiling for board AI Thinker ESP32-CAM.

This report would have more information with
"Show verbose output during compilation"
option enabled in File -> Preferences.

Im new to this really, so this may be what the problem is, haha.
I bought two of these cameras to use as in home security cameras, on a local network. I followed some random tutorial that worked all the way up to this point, so im thinking im just missing something on my system. I also purchased an FTDI adapter to connect it to one of my arduinos (was that even necessary?), and have it hooked up and can see activity inside of the serial console when i am running the out-of-the-box stuff thats on it, and ocnnected to it via 192.168.4.1/jpg_stream ... and that all works, and i can see the stream.

Any help on this subject would be greatly appreciated, or even just pointing me to valid documentation would be awesome!

some helpful ( I think) info:

Xubuntu 19.04 (pretty much a vanilla install)
HP TouchSmart IQ506 (the core2duo mxm and mxm gpu version)
the latest version of Arduino IDE (maybe i should use the Web version?)

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Post the error right here using code tags (</> button on the toolbar). It's incredibly silly to make people copy and paste that URL just so they can look at your error to see whether they can help you or not. Some simply won't bother, and thus you decrease your chances of getting a solution to the problem.

Make things easy for the people you're expecting free help from!

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Hey, thanks for the response! I will do that from now on, i had no idea how to do that lol. I apologize. Like i said, im a complete noob to this...
Again, I am sorry, and ill correct this.

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Corrected! Thank you for showing me how to do that by the way.... guidance is always appreciated, at least from me.

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Hey, so i figured out what was going on. I was missing Pyserial (which was installed by using sudo apt install python-serial i believe).
I thought that id come back here and post my solution, as someone else may be struggling with something similar!
My suggestions to anyone that is in my shoes (noobish), turn on verbose mode in your IDE (file>preferences>turn on verbose) so that you can see exactly what it is youre needing!

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Thanks for taking the time to share the solution you found TheRealdps! I'm sure anyone else who has this error will be very grateful for the information. Enjoy!
Per

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most certainly!

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I had the same problem! It works! Thank you