max7219.led module not found

After running:

sudo python max7219/examples/matrix_test/py

I get the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "max7219/examples/matrix_test.oy", line 3, in <module>
    import max7219.led as led
ImportError: No module named max7219.led

There were no errors when cloning from the repo. I have installed wiringPi, and I have also changed the SPI settings, just like in the README.txt

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[doreks]

hi, i have the exactly same issue:

user@raspberrypi-WEATHER:~/scripts/panel-led/max7219$ sudo python setup.py install
running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
creating luma.led_matrix.egg-info
writing requirements to luma.led_matrix.egg-info/requires.txt
writing luma.led_matrix.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing namespace_packages to luma.led_matrix.egg-info/namespace_packages.txt
writing top-level names to luma.led_matrix.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing dependency_links to luma.led_matrix.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing manifest file 'luma.led_matrix.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest file 'luma.led_matrix.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
no previously-included directories found matching 'doc/_build'
warning: no previously-included files matching '__pycache__' found under directory '*'
warning: no previously-included files matching '*.py[co]' found under directory '*'
warning: no previously-included files matching '*~' found under directory '*'
warning: no previously-included files matching '.coverage' found under directory '*'
writing manifest file 'luma.led_matrix.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
installing library code to build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg
running install_lib
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7
creating build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma
creating build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix
copying luma/led_matrix/virtual.py -> build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix
copying luma/led_matrix/device.py -> build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix
copying luma/led_matrix/segment_mapper.py -> build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix
copying luma/led_matrix/helpers.py -> build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix
copying luma/led_matrix/legacy.py -> build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix
copying luma/led_matrix/const.py -> build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix
copying luma/led_matrix/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix
creating build/bdist.linux-armv6l
creating build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg
creating build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma
creating build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix
copying build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix/virtual.py -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix
copying build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix/device.py -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix
copying build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix/segment_mapper.py -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix
copying build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix/helpers.py -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix
copying build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix/legacy.py -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix
copying build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix/const.py -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix
copying build/lib.linux-armv6l-2.7/luma/led_matrix/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix/virtual.py to virtual.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix/device.py to device.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix/segment_mapper.py to segment_mapper.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix/helpers.py to helpers.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix/legacy.py to legacy.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix/const.py to const.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/luma/led_matrix/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
creating build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/EGG-INFO
copying luma.led_matrix.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/EGG-INFO
copying luma.led_matrix.egg-info/SOURCES.txt -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/EGG-INFO
copying luma.led_matrix.egg-info/dependency_links.txt -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/EGG-INFO
copying luma.led_matrix.egg-info/namespace_packages.txt -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/EGG-INFO
copying luma.led_matrix.egg-info/not-zip-safe -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/EGG-INFO
copying luma.led_matrix.egg-info/requires.txt -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/EGG-INFO
copying luma.led_matrix.egg-info/top_level.txt -> build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg/EGG-INFO
creating dist
creating 'dist/luma.led_matrix-0.9.0-py2.7.egg' and adding 'build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg' to it
removing 'build/bdist.linux-armv6l/egg' (and everything under it)
Processing luma.led_matrix-0.9.0-py2.7.egg
removing '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/luma.led_matrix-0.9.0-py2.7.egg' (and everything under it)
creating /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/luma.led_matrix-0.9.0-py2.7.egg
Extracting luma.led_matrix-0.9.0-py2.7.egg to /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
luma.led-matrix 0.9.0 is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Installed /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/luma.led_matrix-0.9.0-py2.7.egg
Processing dependencies for luma.led-matrix==0.9.0
Searching for ws2812==1.0.0
Best match: ws2812 1.0.0
Processing ws2812-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-armv6l.egg
ws2812 1.0.0 is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Using /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ws2812-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-armv6l.egg
Searching for luma.core==0.7.0
Best match: luma.core 0.7.0
Adding luma.core 0.7.0 to easy-install.pth file

Using /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Searching for spidev==3.2
Best match: spidev 3.2
Adding spidev 3.2 to easy-install.pth file

Using /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Searching for Pillow==4.1.0
Best match: Pillow 4.1.0
Adding Pillow 4.1.0 to easy-install.pth file

Using /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Searching for RPi.GPIO==0.6.3
Best match: RPi.GPIO 0.6.3
Adding RPi.GPIO 0.6.3 to easy-install.pth file

Using /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Searching for monotonic==1.3
Best match: monotonic 1.3
Adding monotonic 1.3 to easy-install.pth file

Using /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Searching for smbus2==0.1.4
Best match: smbus2 0.1.4
Processing smbus2-0.1.4-py2.7.egg
smbus2 0.1.4 is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Using /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/smbus2-0.1.4-py2.7.egg
Searching for olefile==0.44
Best match: olefile 0.44
Adding olefile 0.44 to easy-install.pth file

Using /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Finished processing dependencies for luma.led-matrix==0.9.0

and after install i try to execute the example:

user@raspberrypi-WEATHER:~/scripts/panel-led/raspberrypi-matrix-led-max7219$ sudo python python/matrix-cpu.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "python/matrix-cpu.py", line 4, in <module>
    import max7219.led as led
ImportError: No module named max7219.led

this is the code into the python file:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import max7219.led as led

def getCPUtemperature():
	res = os.popen("vcgencmd measure_temp").readline()
	return(res.replace("temp=","").replace("'C\n",""))

device = led.matrix(2)
device.orientation(270)

try:
	while True:
		device.show_message("CPU temperature: " + getCPUtemperature() + "C");
except KeyboardInterrupt:
	pass
finally:
	device.clear()

any help…?

[rm-hull]

@JohannesRegner - The library has been completely rewritten and it has a different namespace now. The classes are quite different but there is a nod to some legacy methods.

Have a look at the documentation and examples.