Circup 2.0.4 not working after update from 1,9

[dsssssssss9]

-: Ubuntu 20.04.6

• Python version (run python -version or python3 -version): 3.12.4

• Error message you are receiving, including any Python exception traces:

$ circup Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/jkd/.local/bin/circup", line 5, in from circup import main File "/home/jkd/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/circup/init.py", line 9, in from circup.shared import DATA_DIR, BAD_FILE_FORMAT, extract_metadata, _get_modules_file File "/home/jkd/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/circup/shared.py", line 15, in import requests File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/init.py", line 43, in import urllib3 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/init.py", line 7, in from .connectionpool import HTTPConnectionPool, HTTPSConnectionPool, connection_from_url File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 11, in from .exceptions import ( File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/exceptions.py", line 2, in from six.moves.http_client import IncompleteRead as httplib_IncompleteRead ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'six.moves'

• List the steps to reproduce the problem below (if possible attach code or commands to run): LIST REPRO STEPS BELOW

Type Circup in console

[dhalbert]

If you type which -a python3 what does it say?

How did you install Python 3.12?

It looks like you have a mixed environment going on right now: some packages are in ~/.local/lib/python3.12, but some are in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages, which are probably compatible with the /usr/bin/python3 version of Python, which would not be 3.12.

The best thing to do to use Python 3.12 is to use venv or virtualenv to install a consistent environment for 3.12. You may be able to adapt the instructions in this guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/python-virtual-environment-usage-on-raspberry-pi

Have you considered updating from Ubuntu 20.04 to 24.04?

[dsssssssss9]

If you type which -a python3 what does it say? *$ which -a python3 /usr/bin/python3 **

How did you install Python 3.12?

https://www.howtogeek.com/install-latest-python-version-on-ubuntu/

I only did this because circup would NOT upgrade past v1.9 & was giving errors that hinted to me that i needed later version of Python to perform the upgrade

The best thing to do to use Python 3.12 is to use venv or virtualenv to install a consistent environment for 3.12. You may be able to adapt the instructions in this guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/python-virtual-environment-usage-on-raspberry-pi

Will give that a go & report back

Have you considered updating from Ubuntu 20.04 to 24.04? I will need to upgrade my SSD before doing any upgrade as storage om current SSD is getting full .

I may even install a fresh copy of 24.04 on it & then try to replicate my current setup as best i can - probably about time as this linux has been upgraded through many versions over the years. I suspect that may be part of the problem ?

[dhalbert]

It is not a good idea to install the latest version of Python as /usr/bin/python3. That may well break system utilities and the like that depend on the version of Python installed as /usr/bin/python3. It is fine to use deadsnakes to installed Python 3.12 as python3.12 and invoke it as that (and not try to reset the default version to python3.12).

I may even install a fresh copy of 24.04 on it & then try to replicate my current setup as best i can - probably about time as this linux has been upgraded through many versions over the years. I suspect that may be part of the problem ?

Yes, this is what I'd recommend. If you are fine with installing a fresh 24.04, that is very much the best choice, especially since your 20.04 version may now have version skews that will make it unstable.

[dsssssssss9]

@dhalbert Finally got round to fresh install of Ubuntu 24.04

Can confirm that Circup is now at the latest version - 2.0.4

I have now installed it using pipx instead of pip ! This seems to be the way to go from now as pipx handles setting up / configuring a virtualenv .

This will hopefully means that the problems i was having will not reoccur?

As always thanks to you & the rest of the contributors to this excellent utility

[dhalbert]

This will hopefully means that the problems i was having will not reoccur?

I think so.

You can use pipx, or if you are installing many things with pip or pipx, you can create a "personal" venv and just use it all the time. I've created one, in the ~/.py directory, and have this in my .bash_aliases:

source ~/.py/bin/activate

So the .py venv gets activated on every new terminal windows that's opened.