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I've got a hard time installing libserial on my Raspi 3B with the recent Raspbian: Both the libserial docs, and the Debian package directory suggest to install the libserial-dev package but a

sudo apt-get install libserial-dev

says that the package in question doesn't exist. So: Is the information from two different "official" websites wrong, or has the package been revoked or…? Compiling the library from scratch doesn't help either as is doesn't even compile due to a bug in some Python source file. Thank you.

UPDATE: This is a list of packages containing libserial in their respective names available to me:

pi@autoradio:~ $ apt list libserial*
Auflistung... Fertig
libserializer-java/oldoldstable 1.1.6-4 all
libserialport-dev/oldoldstable,now 0.1.0-1 armhf  [installiert]
libserialport0/oldoldstable,now 0.1.0-1 armhf  [Installiert,automatisch]

There is a version of libserial for Stretch, but apparently not available (any more?). 0.6.0 seems to be not accepted due to an outdated libc6 and libstdc++:

pi@autoradio:/import/valen/autoradio $ sudo dpkg -i libserial0_0.6.0_rc2+svn122-4+b11_armhf.deb
(Reading database ... 142438 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack libserial0_0.6.0_rc2+svn122-4+b11_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking libserial0:armhf (0.6.0~rc2+svn122-4+b11) over (0.6.0~rc2+svn122-4+b11) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libserial0:armhf:
 libserial0:armhf depends on libc6 (>= 2.28); however:
  Version of libc6:armhf on system is 2.19-18+deb8u10.
 libserial0:armhf depends on libstdc++6 (>= 5.2); however:
  Version of libstdc++6:armhf on system is 4.9.2-10+deb8u2.

dpkg: error processing package libserial0:armhf (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u10) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libserial0:armhf

UPDATE #2: Maybe I've really got an age-old version of Raspbian:

pi@autoradio:/import/valen/autoradio $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Raspbian
Description:    Raspbian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)
Release:        8.0
Codename:       jessie
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You may not run the latest version of Raspbian which is "Buster". I just tested and installed it without any problem.

However, try to install it manually if it doesn't work anyway: 

wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libs/libserial/libserial-dev_0.6.0~rc2+svn122-4+b11_armhf.deb

Then: 

dpkg -i libserial-dev_0.6.0~rc2+svn122-4+b11_armhf.deb

Source Debian list.

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  • No use: libserial-dev depends on libserial0, which itself needs a fairly new (2.28) libc6 and libstdc++ (5.2).
    – Neppomuk
    Commented Feb 3, 2020 at 20:46
  • @Neppomuk Did you try to install libserial0, libc6 and libstdc++?
    – Mohi Rostami
    Commented Feb 4, 2020 at 9:34
  • No use! Too many unfulfilled deps. I'm gonna upgrade my Raspbian installation to Buster now. Seeya soon!
    – Neppomuk
    Commented Feb 4, 2020 at 20:02
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It's really time to use Raspbian Buster now. Jessie is deprecated and since beginning of this year it has finished support from Debian. On my Raspbian Buster repository I find:

rpi ~$ apt list libserial*
libserial-dev/stable 0.6.0~rc2+svn122-4 armhf
libserial-doc/stable 0.6.0~rc2+svn122-4 all
libserial0/stable 0.6.0~rc2+svn122-4 armhf
libserializer-java/stable 1.1.6-5 all
libserialport-dev/stable 0.1.1-3 armhf
libserialport0/stable 0.1.1-3 armhf

All things are available including libserial-dev. Maybe you have to use Buster?

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