Buildozer Build error

[Ivan Grobler]

[INFO]:    Postbuilding android for armeabi-v7a

[INFO]:    Postbuilding kivy for armeabi-v7a

[INFO]:    # Installing pure Python modules

[INFO]:    * PYTHON PACKAGE / PROJECT INSTALL STAGE *

[INFO]:    The requirements (certifi) don't have recipes, attempting to install them with pip

[INFO]:    If this fails, it may mean that the module has compiled components and needs a recipe.

[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/atomz/poes/.buildozer/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a/build

[INFO]:    -> running virtualenv --python=python3 venv

[INFO]:    Upgrade pip to latest version                                      

[INFO]:    -> running bash -c source venv/bin/activa...(and 24 more)

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main

    "_main_", mod_spec)

  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code

    exec(code, run_globals)

  File "/home/atomz/poes/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 1199, in <module>

    main()

  File "/home/atomz/poes/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android/pythonforandroid/entrypoints.py", line 18, in main

    ToolchainCL()

  File "/home/atomz/poes/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 671, in _init_

    getattr(self, args.subparser_name.replace('-', '_'))(args)

  File "/home/atomz/poes/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 155, in wrapper_func

    build_dist_from_args(ctx, dist, args)

  File "/home/atomz/poes/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 209, in build_dist_from_args

    args, "ignore_setup_py", False

  File "/home/atomz/poes/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android/pythonforandroid/build.py", line 605, in build_recipes

    ignore_setup_py=ignore_project_setup_py

  File "/home/atomz/poes/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android/pythonforandroid/build.py", line 791, in run_pymodules_install

    ), _env=copy.copy(base_env))

  File "/home/atomz/poes/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android/pythonforandroid/logger.py", line 179, in shprint

    output = command(*args, **kwargs)

  File "/home/atomz/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sh.py", line 1474, in _call_

    extracted_call_args, kwargs = self._extract_call_args(kwargs)

  File "/home/atomz/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sh.py", line 1377, in _extract_call_args

    raise TypeError("Invalid special arguments:\n\n%s\n" % exc_msg)

TypeError: Invalid special arguments:

  'env': env must be a dict. Got environ({'LESSOPEN': '| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s', 'USER': 'atomz', 'LANGUAGE': 'en_ZA:en', 'TEXTDOMAIN': 'im-config', 'XDG_SEAT': 'seat0', 'SSH_AGENT_PID': '1346', 'XDG_SESSION_TYPE': 'x11', 'SHLVL': '1', 'QT4_IM_MODULE': 'xim', 'HOME': '/home/atomz', 'DESKTOP_SESSION': 'ubuntu', 'GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE': 'ubuntu', 'GTK_MODULES': 'gail:atk-bridge', 'MANAGERPID': '1224', 'ANDROIDMINAPI': '21', 'DBUS_STARTER_BUS_TYPE': 'session', 'DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS': 'unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus,guid=287c1000219af01e158f14995eaf1e7d', 'COLORTERM': 'truecolor', 'IM_CONFIG_PHASE': '2', 'LOGNAME': 'atomz', 'GTK_IM_MODULE': 'ibus', 'JOURNAL_STREAM': '9:26668', '_': '/usr/local/bin/buildozer', 'ANDROIDAPI': '27', 'USERNAME': 'atomz', 'XDG_SESSION_ID': '4', 'TERM': 'xterm-256color', 'GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID': 'this-is-deprecated', 'ANDROIDNDK': '/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/platform/android-ndk-r19b', 'WINDOWPATH': '1', 'PATH': '/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/platform/android-ndk-r19b/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin:/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/platform/android-ndk-r19b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/:/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/platform/android-ndk-r19b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/:/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/platform/android-ndk-r19b:/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk/tools:/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/platform/apache-ant-1.9.4/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin', 'INVOCATION_ID': '8a2c78ca913a422981d1310152fd7fe5', 'SESSION_MANAGER': 'local/atomz-VirtualBox:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1253,unix/atomz-VirtualBox:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1253', 'XDG_MENU_PREFIX': 'gnome-', 'GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN': '/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/d26753b9_7f5d_454d_9407_2739c46161ef', 'XDG_RUNTIME_DIR': '/run/user/1000', 'DISPLAY': ':1', 'LANG': 'en_ZA.UTF-8', 'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'ubuntu:GNOME', 'ANDROIDSDK': '/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk', 'LS_COLORS': 'rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:.tar=01;31:.tgz=01;31:.arc=01;31:.arj=01;31:.taz=01;31:.lha=01;31:.lz4=01;31:.lzh=01;31:.lzma=01;31:.tlz=01;31:.txz=01;31:.tzo=01;31:.t7z=01;31:.zip=01;31:.z=01;31:.Z=01;31:.dz=01;31:.gz=01;31:.lrz=01;31:.lz=01;31:.lzo=01;31:.xz=01;31:.zst=01;31:.tzst=01;31:.bz2=01;31:.bz=01;31:.tbz=01;31:.tbz2=01;31:.tz=01;31:.deb=01;31:.rpm=01;31:.jar=01;31:.war=01;31:.ear=01;31:.sar=01;31:.rar=01;31:.alz=01;31:.ace=01;31:.zoo=01;31:.cpio=01;31:.7z=01;31:.rz=01;31:.cab=01;31:.wim=01;31:.swm=01;31:.dwm=01;31:.esd=01;31:.jpg=01;35:.jpeg=01;35:.mjpg=01;35:.mjpeg=01;35:.gif=01;35:.bmp=01;35:.pbm=01;35:.pgm=01;35:.ppm=01;35:.tga=01;35:.xbm=01;35:.xpm=01;35:.tif=01;35:.tiff=01;35:.png=01;35:.svg=01;35:.svgz=01;35:.mng=01;35:.pcx=01;35:.mov=01;35:.mpg=01;35:.mpeg=01;35:.m2v=01;35:.mkv=01;35:.webm=01;35:.ogm=01;35:.mp4=01;35:.m4v=01;35:.mp4v=01;35:.vob=01;35:.qt=01;35:.nuv=01;35:.wmv=01;35:.asf=01;35:.rm=01;35:.rmvb=01;35:.flc=01;35:.avi=01;35:.fli=01;35:.flv=01;35:.gl=01;35:.dl=01;35:.xcf=01;35:.xwd=01;35:.yuv=01;35:.cgm=01;35:.emf=01;35:.ogv=01;35:.ogx=01;35:.aac=00;36:.au=00;36:.flac=00;36:.m4a=00;36:.mid=00;36:.midi=00;36:.mka=00;36:.mp3=00;36:.mpc=00;36:.ogg=00;36:.ra=00;36:.wav=00;36:.oga=00;36:.opus=00;36:.spx=00;36:.xspf=00;36:', 'XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP': 'ubuntu', 'XMODIFIERS': '@im=ibus', 'GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE': ':1.66', 'XAUTHORITY': '/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority', 'SSH_AUTH_SOCK': '/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh', 'SHELL': '/bin/bash', 'QT_ACCESSIBILITY': '1', 'GDMSESSION': 'ubuntu', 'PACKAGES_PATH': '/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/packages', 'LESSCLOSE': '/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s', 'TEXTDOMAINDIR': '/usr/share/locale/', 'GPG_AGENT_INFO': '/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1', 'XDG_VTNR': '1', 'QT_IM_MODULE': 'xim', 'PWD': '/home/atomz/poes/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android', 'CLUTTER_IM_MODULE': 'xim', 'XDG_DATA_DIRS': '/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop', 'DBUS_STARTER_ADDRESS': 'unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus,guid=287c1000219af01e158f14995eaf1e7d', 'XDG_CONFIG_DIRS': '/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg', 'VTE_VERSION': '5202', 'PYTHONPATH': '/home/atomz/poes/.buildozer/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a/build/python-installs/myapp'})

# Command failed: /usr/bin/python3 -m pythonforandroid.toolchain create --dist_name=myapp --bootstrap=sdl2 --requirements=python3,kivy --arch armeabi-v7a --copy-libs --color=always --storage-dir="/home/atomz/poes/.buildozer/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a" --ndk-api=21

# ENVIRONMENT:

#     CLUTTER_IM_MODULE = 'xim'

#     LS_COLORS = 'rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:.tar=01;31:.tgz=01;31:.arc=01;31:.arj=01;31:.taz=01;31:.lha=01;31:.lz4=01;31:.lzh=01;31:.lzma=01;31:.tlz=01;31:.txz=01;31:.tzo=01;31:.t7z=01;31:.zip=01;31:.z=01;31:.Z=01;31:.dz=01;31:.gz=01;31:.lrz=01;31:.lz=01;31:.lzo=01;31:.xz=01;31:.zst=01;31:.tzst=01;31:.bz2=01;31:.bz=01;31:.tbz=01;31:.tbz2=01;31:.tz=01;31:.deb=01;31:.rpm=01;31:.jar=01;31:.war=01;31:.ear=01;31:.sar=01;31:.rar=01;31:.alz=01;31:.ace=01;31:.zoo=01;31:.cpio=01;31:.7z=01;31:.rz=01;31:.cab=01;31:.wim=01;31:.swm=01;31:.dwm=01;31:.esd=01;31:.jpg=01;35:.jpeg=01;35:.mjpg=01;35:.mjpeg=01;35:.gif=01;35:.bmp=01;35:.pbm=01;35:.pgm=01;35:.ppm=01;35:.tga=01;35:.xbm=01;35:.xpm=01;35:.tif=01;35:.tiff=01;35:.png=01;35:.svg=01;35:.svgz=01;35:.mng=01;35:.pcx=01;35:.mov=01;35:.mpg=01;35:.mpeg=01;35:.m2v=01;35:.mkv=01;35:.webm=01;35:.ogm=01;35:.mp4=01;35:.m4v=01;35:.mp4v=01;35:.vob=01;35:.qt=01;35:.nuv=01;35:.wmv=01;35:.asf=01;35:.rm=01;35:.rmvb=01;35:.flc=01;35:.avi=01;35:.fli=01;35:.flv=01;35:.gl=01;35:.dl=01;35:.xcf=01;35:.xwd=01;35:.yuv=01;35:.cgm=01;35:.emf=01;35:.ogv=01;35:.ogx=01;35:.aac=00;36:.au=00;36:.flac=00;36:.m4a=00;36:.mid=00;36:.midi=00;36:.mka=00;36:.mp3=00;36:.mpc=00;36:.ogg=00;36:.ra=00;36:.wav=00;36:.oga=00;36:.opus=00;36:.spx=00;36:.xspf=00;36:'

#     LESSCLOSE = '/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s'

#     XDG_MENU_PREFIX = 'gnome-'

#     LANG = 'en_ZA.UTF-8'

#     MANAGERPID = '1224'

#     DISPLAY = ':1'

#     INVOCATION_ID = '8a2c78ca913a422981d1310152fd7fe5'

#     GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE = 'ubuntu'

#     COLORTERM = 'truecolor'

#     USERNAME = 'atomz'

#     XDG_VTNR = '1'

#     SSH_AUTH_SOCK = '/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh'

#     XDG_SESSION_ID = '4'

#     USER = 'atomz'

#     DESKTOP_SESSION = 'ubuntu'

#     QT4_IM_MODULE = 'xim'

#     TEXTDOMAINDIR = '/usr/share/locale/'

#     GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN = '/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/d26753b9_7f5d_454d_9407_2739c46161ef'

#     PWD = '/home/atomz/poes'

#     HOME = '/home/atomz'

#     JOURNAL_STREAM = '9:26668'

#     TEXTDOMAIN = 'im-config'

#     SSH_AGENT_PID = '1346'

#     QT_ACCESSIBILITY = '1'

#     XDG_SESSION_TYPE = 'x11'

#     XDG_DATA_DIRS = '/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop'

#     XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP = 'ubuntu'

#     DBUS_STARTER_ADDRESS = 'unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus,guid=287c1000219af01e158f14995eaf1e7d'

#     GTK_MODULES = 'gail:atk-bridge'

#     WINDOWPATH = '1'

#     TERM = 'xterm-256color'

#     SHELL = '/bin/bash'

#     VTE_VERSION = '5202'

#     QT_IM_MODULE = 'xim'

#     XMODIFIERS = '@im=ibus'

#     IM_CONFIG_PHASE = '2'

#     DBUS_STARTER_BUS_TYPE = 'session'

#     XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP = 'ubuntu:GNOME'

#     GPG_AGENT_INFO = '/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1'

#     GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE = ':1.66'

#     XDG_SEAT = 'seat0'

#     SHLVL = '1'

#     LANGUAGE = 'en_ZA:en'

#     GDMSESSION = 'ubuntu'

#     GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID = 'this-is-deprecated'

#     LOGNAME = 'atomz'

#     DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS = 'unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus,guid=287c1000219af01e158f14995eaf1e7d'

#     XDG_RUNTIME_DIR = '/run/user/1000'

#     XAUTHORITY = '/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority'

#     XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = '/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg'

#     PATH = '/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/platform/apache-ant-1.9.4/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin'

#     SESSION_MANAGER = 'local/atomz-VirtualBox:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1253,unix/atomz-VirtualBox:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1253'

#     LESSOPEN = '| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s'

#     GTK_IM_MODULE = 'ibus'

#     _ = '/usr/local/bin/buildozer'

#     PACKAGES_PATH = '/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/packages'

#     ANDROIDSDK = '/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk'

#     ANDROIDNDK = '/home/atomz/.buildozer/android/platform/android-ndk-r19b'

#     ANDROIDAPI = '27'

#     ANDROIDMINAPI = '21'

# 

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[ZenCODE]

In case of a bug report, please add a full log with log_level = 2

And what exact what command did you run? What OS are you using?

[Robert Flatt]

There have been a couple of other reports of TypeError("Invalid special arguments:\n\n%s\n" % exc_msg)

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/kivy-users/Invalid$20special$20arguments%7Csort:date

I can't replicate, and can't see a common thread. it would be helpful to know what is going on.

One was related to

'env': env must be a dict.

And fixed, but not released.

https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/commit/e2b9cfe17d17607d876b7664cc0026dcd5e69f2e#diff-c439e980dc587602fda87459815f09fe

But that is not this case.

However its root is in " venv instead of virtualenv (#2152)" so that may be the common thread.