Can't install the funnel dependency

[nek555]

md2pptx has a dependency on funnel.

When I try to install funnel, I get an error message.

python -m pip install funnel Collecting funnel Using cached Funnel-0.1.tar.gz (1.4 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Collecting Flask>=0.8 Using cached Flask-2.2.3-py3-none-any.whl (101 kB) Collecting Beaker==1.6.3 Using cached Beaker-1.6.3.tar.gz (52 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [1 lines of output] error in Beaker setup command: use_2to3 is invalid. [end of output]

I'm working in a Python 3.10.6 venv on Debian 11 linux (within Window WSL).

Is there a workaround for this?

[MartinPacker]

Hello Norbert.

Funnel is built in to md2pptx - as a separate file in the repo. No separate (pip) installation required (or, as you found out, possible). So md2pptx should run.

I'll take this issue as a chance to consider improving the documentation.

[MartinPacker]

See updated README.md. Committed and pushed. Happy to make further edits. Might need also to update User Guide.

[nek555]

Hello Martin, Thanks for the quick response. I see where I went wrong. I did not clone the entire repo when I did my installation. I just did this python -m pip install python-pptx and then copied down the python script md2pptx and ran it. Of course I got the error about funnel not being available, and then tried to install funnel using pip. (normal procedure when using python)

For anyone else installing this: clone the entire repo. Install python-pptx with pip. md2pptx will use the version of funnel that is in the repo.

Once I did that, everything worked beautifully. I was able to convert the md files in the test folder.

This is powerful and useful software, and the author responds quickly to reported issues.

Thanks again. Norbert Kremer

[nek555]

Hello Martin, I added a comment to the issue and closed it.  I did not realize that I needed to clone the entire repo.  Once I did that, everything worked like a charm.

I really appreciate your quick response.

My ultimate goal here is to go from markdown to google slides. There is another project on github that does this in one step, using some API's in Google Cloud.   That other project appears to be dead, a lot of people are having trouble getting to work and the original author is nowhere to be found.  I wrestled with it for 3 hours and then gave up.  Here is the repo for that other project https://github.com/googleworkspace/md2googleslides

So, at least now I have a path to move ahead.   I can use your program to go from md to pptx, and then Google will import pptx and convert to google slides.

Thanks again, Norbert Kremer @.***

On 4/23/2023 3:55 AM, Martin Packer wrote:

See updated README.md. Committed and pushed. Happy to make further edits. Might need also to update User Guide.

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[MartinPacker]

You're welcome. For my part it was a useful issue for you to have opened. This is because it showed the need to improve the docs in this area.