Ubuntu 24.04 / Debian Trixy

[Tmx666]

Won’t install mlat client on either of these OS’s as they have a different set of Python Libraries I believe 24.04 / Trixir use Python 3.12 which makes the mlat client not compatible

[Tmx666]

It makes a call for Setup tools import setup which calls as a module not found error no module named setuptools

[PeterWem]

Same error after my OS was updated from Ubuntu 23.10 to 24.04. I have Setuptools installed.

Installing mlat-client to virtual environment

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/share/adsbexchange/mlat-client-git/setup.py", line 25, in <module>
    from setuptools import setup, Extension
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools'
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readsb version: 3.14.1631 adsbexchange git: eea98b1 (committed: Mon Jun 17 09:18:43 2024 -0700)

$ sudo apt install python3-setuptools

python3-setuptools is already the newest version (68.1.2-2ubuntu1).

[walkure]

At Python 3.12 , There're two breaking changes affected to this issue.

• Do not pre-install setuptools in virtual environments created with venv.
• asyncore is removed from the standard library. ( mlat-client requires asyncore ).

Also, at the venv, system-wide site libraries are hidden by default. (Therefore, cannot see libraries installed by apt are invisible on the venv). So, I've added the statementpip3 install setuptools pyasyncore before python3 setup.py build and successfully installed and running at Ubuntu 24.04.1. https://github.com/ADSBexchange/feedclient/blob/643e7ba93e445435e1037406edf9d1e53e24d57b/update.sh#L221

I don't know if this will happen if we install manually setuptools and pyasyncore on below Python 3.12. I think it is necessary to check the Python version instead of simply adding the statement above.

[PeterWem]

At Python 3.12 , There're two breaking changes affected to this issue.

* Do not pre-install setuptools in virtual environments created with [venv](https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/venv.html#module-venv).

* [asyncore](https://docs.python.org/3.12/whatsnew/3.12.html#asynchat-and-asyncore) is removed from the standard library. ( mlat-client requires `asyncore` ).

Also, at the venv, system-wide site libraries are hidden by default. (Therefore, cannot see libraries installed by apt are invisible on the venv). So, I've added the statementpip3 install setuptools pyasyncore before python3 setup.py build and successfully installed and running at Ubuntu 24.04.1.

https://github.com/ADSBexchange/feedclient/blob/643e7ba93e445435e1037406edf9d1e53e24d57b/update.sh#L221

I don't know if this will happen if we install manually setuptools and pyasyncore on below Python 3.12. I think it is necessary to check the Python version instead of simply adding the statement above.

Yes! Thank you! I have created a fork and added your statement. I am back running MLAT now.