Problem with GPS module and Python

Question

I copied a program from the Adafruit webpage to test my GPS module and before running it I installed the Python gps with sudo apt-get install python-gps but when I run the program I get this error:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ python gps.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "gps.py", line 1, in <module>
 import gps
 File "/home/pi/gps.py", line 4, in <module>
 session = gps.gps("localhost", "2947")
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

I am new with Python so I don't know what is going wrong. I think the program can't find the library but I don't know why and how fix it.

Info:

• I am using a Raspberry Pi 3 running Jessie
• The GPS module is a Ublox NEO 6m

• Darth Vader: Could you include how you installed the Python module?

Answer 1

I feel so noob. The problem was that I had named the file as gps.py. So it can't import the gps library. Now is working.

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