[SOLVED] ESP32-S3: python troubles

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Hello everybody,

I have received a new ESP32-S3 board and I'm trying to test it by running one of the demo examples, namely the

arduino_gfx_demo

I got from here

When I try to compile it I get the following error:

WARNING: Category '' in library ESP RainMaker is not valid. Setting to 'Uncategorized'
WARNING: Category '' in library WiFiProv is not valid. Setting to 'Uncategorized'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/giulio/arduino-1.8.8/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.2.1/esptool.py", line 31, in <module>
    import esptool
  File "/home/giulio/arduino-1.8.8/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.2.1/esptool/__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
    from esptool.cmds import (
  File "/home/giulio/arduino-1.8.8/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.2.1/esptool/cmds.py", line 14, in <module>
    from .bin_image import ELFFile, ImageSegment, LoadFirmwareImage
  File "/home/giulio/arduino-1.8.8/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.2.1/esptool/bin_image.py", line 14, in <module>
    from .loader import ESPLoader
  File "/home/giulio/arduino-1.8.8/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.2.1/esptool/loader.py", line 21, in <module>
    import serial
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'serial'
exit status 1
Error compiling for board ESP32S3 Dev Module.

Serial module is missing.... :thinking: This is very strange.
I already set the python environment for the Visual Studio Code without problems by making it pointing at my absolute python path:

/usr/local/bin/python3.8

What python version is Arduino IDE pointing to?
(As I see it uses the one in the esp32 packages... there is a way to change that?)

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It might not solve your problem but one thing that I would look at is to make sure you only have one serial module installed and that module should be pyserial. If there are other serial modules then uninstall them

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You addressed me in the right direction!
Today I have installed the Python 3.8.1 to make Visual Studio Code finally working, but I forgot to add the command

pip3 install pyserial

to get the serial module for the version 3.8.1 too. :grinning:
Now the problem with the serial module has gone away!

P.S.
I have a more "affordable" compilation error now:

arduino_gfx_demo:2:10: error: Arduino_GFX_Library.h: No such file or directory

I do not use the arduino IDE since more than one year, but I think I can manage that... (I hope).
THANKS!