Devving on Windows

[Bithov Vinu]

I followed this guide and installed everything required (cygwin, make, git, gettext, gettext-devel, python, all the python libs, InnoSetup, mplayer).

I then clone the mnemosyne source code and ran "make windows-installer". I got the error results: 

# Erase previous directories to make sure we're clean.

rm -rf dist

rm -rf build

make build-all-deps

make[1]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne'

# Also rebuilds the docs and the translations.

cd mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs && make SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build html

make[2]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs'

mkdir -p build/html build/doctrees

sphinx-build -b html -d build/doctrees   source build/html

make[2]: sphinx-build: No such file or directory

make[2]: *** [Makefile:30: html] Error 127

make[2]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs'

make[1]: *** [makefile:41: build-all-deps] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne'

make: *** [makefile:93: windows-installer] Error 2

How would I fix this so that I can start devving on Windows.

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[Peter Bienstman]

Missed one dependency in the doc:

pip install -U sphinx

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[Bithov Vinu]

Sphinx was already installed (I tried installing it, Requirement already satisfied).

Ran "make windows-installer" again anyway, got the same error (I think? I don't know if there are any differences.): 

rm -rf dist

rm -rf build

make build-all-deps

make[1]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne'

# Also rebuilds the docs and the translations.

cd mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs && make SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build html

make[2]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs'

mkdir -p build/html build/doctrees

sphinx-build -b html -d build/doctrees   source build/html

make[2]: sphinx-build: No such file or directory

make[2]: *** [Makefile:30: html] Error 127

make[2]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs'

make[1]: *** [makefile:41: build-all-deps] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne'

make: *** [makefile:93: windows-installer] Error 2

[Peter Bienstman]

It seems there's something wrong with your sphinx install. Does typing 'sphinx-build' in the command line work? You might also try installing it using both the windows command prompt and the cygwin command prompt.

Peter 

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[Bithov Vinu]

Reinstalled Python (system-wide, w/ add to PATH) and now sphinx is working. But, I got some new errors:

# Erase previous directories to make sure we're clean.

rm -rf dist

rm -rf build

make build-all-deps

make[1]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne'

# Also rebuilds the docs and the translations.

cd mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs && make SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build html

make[2]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs'

mkdir -p build/html build/doctrees

sphinx-build -b html -d build/doctrees   source build/html

Running Sphinx v3.3.1

loading pickled environment... done

building [mo]: targets for 0 po files that are out of date

building [html]: targets for 0 source files that are out of date

updating environment: 0 added, 1 changed, 0 removed

reading sources... [100%] index

C:\Users\wingi\mnemosyne\mnemosyne\libmnemosyne\docs\source\index.rst:62: WARNING: toctree contains reference to nonexisting document 'modules/language'

C:\Users\wingi\mnemosyne\mnemosyne\libmnemosyne\docs\source\index.rst:62: WARNING: toctree contains reference to nonexisting document 'modules/translator'

C:\Users\wingi\mnemosyne\mnemosyne\libmnemosyne\docs\source\index.rst:62: WARNING: toctree contains reference to nonexisting document 'modules/pronouncer'

looking for now-outdated files... none found

pickling environment... done

checking consistency... done

preparing documents... done

writing output... [100%] index

generating indices... genindex py-modindex done

writing additional pages... search done

copying static files... done

copying extra files... done

dumping search index in English (code: en)... done

dumping object inventory... done

build succeeded, 3 warnings.

The HTML pages are in build\html.

Build finished. The HTML pages are in build/html.

make[2]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs'

cd mnemosyne/pyqt_ui && make clean

make[2]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/pyqt_ui'

rm -f *~ *.pyc

rm -f ui_main_wdgt.py ui_add_cards_dlg.py ui_edit_card_dlg.py ui_review_wdgt.py ui_convert_card_type_keys_dlg.py ui_about_dlg.py ui_manage_plugins_dlg.py ui_manage_card_types_dlg.py ui_clone_card_type_dlg.py ui_configuration_wdgt_main.py ui_configuration_wdgt_card_appearance.py ui_activate_cards_dlg.py ui_card_set_name_dlg.py ui_configuration_dlg.py ui_criterion_wdgt_default.py ui_statistics_dlg.py ui_sync_dlg.py ui_configuration_wdgt_study.py ui_configuration_wdgt_servers.py ui_preview_cards_dlg.py ui_browse_cards_dlg.py ui_rename_tag_dlg.py ui_change_card_type_dlg.py ui_add_tags_dlg.py ui_remove_tags_dlg.py ui_getting_started_dlg.py ui_tip_dlg.py ui_import_dlg.py ui_compact_database_dlg.py ui_delete_unused_media_files_dlg.py ui_rename_card_type_dlg.py ui_export_dlg.py ui_export_metadata_dlg.py ui_edit_M_sided_card_type_dlg.py ui_edit_M_sided_card_template_wdgt.py ui_pronouncer_dlg.py ui_translator_dlg.py

rm -f mnemosyne_rc.py

make[2]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/pyqt_ui'

cd mnemosyne/pyqt_ui && make

make[2]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/pyqt_ui'

python3 ./pyuic5 main_wdgt.ui > ui_main_wdgt.py

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "./pyuic5", line 15, in <module>

    from PyQt5 import QtCore

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt5'

make[2]: *** [makefile:28: ui_main_wdgt.py] Error 1

make[2]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/pyqt_ui'

make[1]: *** [makefile:43: build-all-deps] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/wingi/mnemosyne'

make: *** [makefile:93: windows-installer] Error 2

PyQt5 is most definitely installed.

[Peter Bienstman]

You're still having some issues with the dependencies not being correctly installed. Have a look at the paths at the top of the 'makefile' to see if something does not match your setup (e.g. you have installed python in a non-standard path, or it's not Python 3.7). A brute force way you can try is installing the dependencies both in the system python and the cygwin Python.

Peter

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[Taylor]

I am having a similar problem with Sphinx.

It says there are missing module files

# Also rebuilds the docs and the translations.
cd mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs && make SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build html

make[1]: Entering directory '/home/taylor/Apps/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs'

mkdir -p build/html build/doctrees
sphinx-build -b html -d build/doctrees   source build/html

Running Sphinx v3.2.1

building [mo]: targets for 0 po files that are out of date

building [html]: targets for 28 source files that are out of date
updating environment: [new config] 28 added, 0 changed, 0 removed
reading sources... [100%] modules/tag_tree                                                                   
/home/taylor/Apps/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs/source/index.rst:62: WARNING: toctree contains reference to nonexisting document 'modules/language'                                                              
/home/taylor/Apps/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs/source/index.rst:62: WARNING: toctree contains reference to nonexisting document 'modules/translator'                                                            
/home/taylor/Apps/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/docs/source/index.rst:62: WARNING: toctree contains reference to nonexisting document 'modules/pronouncer'

Then says:

make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/taylor/Apps/mnemosyne/po'
cd po && make
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/taylor/Apps/mnemosyne/po'
mkdir -p `dirname ../mo/cs/LC_MESSAGES/mnemosyne.mo`
python3 ./msgfmt.py -o ../mo/cs/LC_MESSAGES/mnemosyne.mo cs.po

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/home/taylor/Apps/mnemosyne/po/./msgfmt.py", line 236, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/taylor/Apps/mnemosyne/po/./msgfmt.py", line 232, in main
    make(filename, outfile)
  File "/home/taylor/Apps/mnemosyne/po/./msgfmt.py", line 199, in make
    output = generate()
  File "/home/taylor/Apps/mnemosyne/po/./msgfmt.py", line 92, in generate
    output += array.array("i", offsets).tostring()
AttributeError: 'array.array' object has no attribute 'tostring'
make[1]: *** [makefile:43: ../mo/cs/LC_MESSAGES/mnemosyne.mo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/taylor/Apps/mnemosyne/po'
make: *** [makefile:46: build-all-deps] Error 2

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I figured it was a missing dependency, but went over them many times, reversing to a snapshot in a VM.

Not sure what the problem is, and I'm hesitant to write up a bug.

Thanks.

[Peter Bienstman]

This is a bug related to Python 3.9 that Julien fixed recently. Just download the latest code from github.

Cheers,

Peter

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[Peter Bienstman]

Thanks for tracking this down, I've updated the documentation.

Peter

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On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 10:35 PM Taylor <w.taylor.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

I finally found out that this is related to a Linux-specific issue with Python permissions. (I had already tried the master branch)

The installation only works when sphinx is installed with sudo, contrary to the normally expected method without sudo.

According to the new "correct" way of doing things in Python - users should typically install packages without sudo privileges.

Because of this, Linux users might not be aware that Sphinx actually requires to be installed via:

sudo pip install -U sphinx,

rather than what all the other packages require:

pip install --user -U <package>

Thus, this is perhaps at least a documentation issue on the git readme for Linux users.

. . . . unless it is a bug, which I wouldn't mind writing upon your confirmation.

Thanks, cheers.

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[Taylor Worthington]

I reproduced this 5 times on a Fedora 33 LXQT VM, but now after all of that I can't reproduce it after a fresh installation.

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