ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gi'

[GreatBigWhiteWorld]

Thanks for taking the time to submit a bug report! Please include the following information:

What operating system are you using?

linux opensuse

What version of Tartube are you using?

can't launch to see

Installed it using pip install tartube and it worked fine. A few weeks later when I launch it it gives this error:

tartube
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/username/.local/bin/tartube", line 42, in <module>
    import mainapp
  File "/home/username/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tartube/mainapp.py", line 24, in <module>
    import gi
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gi'

[axcore]

I suggest uninstalling it (with pip uninstall tartube), then re-installing it.

If problems persists, there are several other installation methods, including just running the source code directly. Instructions for all of them can be found in the README.

[axcore]

Also, the correct installation command uses pip3, not pip.

pip3 install tartube

[GreatBigWhiteWorld]

I get this new error:

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
        ERROR: Failed building wheel for pycairo
      Failed to build pycairo
      ERROR: Could not build wheels for pycairo, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects
      WARNING: There was an error checking the latest version of pip.
      [end of output]

Could you build a flatpak version of this app instead?

[axcore]

I get this new error:

Looks like you need to install pycairo's dependencies. This thread provides some suggestions. Try this one for OpenSUSE:

sudo zypper install cairo-devel pkg-config python3-devel

Could you build a flatpak version of this app instead?

I tried that last year but gave up because of the woeful state of flatpak's documentation.

[GreatBigWhiteWorld]

Thanks. Had to install quite some packages to get it to work. To start, needed to install specifically python38-devel.