install on Manjaro / Arch

[scurrvy2020]

I'm trying to install this on Arch. I have everything setup and modified the files as needed. When I execute /opt/xmpp-cloud-auth/xcauth.py I get this output:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "./xcauth.py", line 3, in <module> from xclib.configuration import get_args File "/opt/xmpp-cloud-auth/xclib/__init__.py", line 4, in <module> from xclib.sigcloud import sigcloud File "/opt/xmpp-cloud-auth/xclib/sigcloud.py", line 1, in <module> import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error ImportError: No module named request It looks like a python problem to me (this is with python2 shebang). it looks like it isn't able to import the modules included in the package. I've tried adding to $PYTHONPATH and using sys.path, but I still get errors.

[MarcelWaldvogel]

The xcauth 2.x releases require Python3.

On Ubuntu 18.04, urllib is in package python3-future. You may want to check your distro or install it via pip3 (or pip, if Python3 is your default).

[scurrvy2020]

Thanks for your reply. I was trying to install v1.1.0, but I had the same error with 2.0.2. I installed python-future (python3) and python2-future from the manjaro repository and changed to v2.0.2. I still get the same error. With python3 I get an additional syntax error.

`Python3:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./xcauth.py", line 3, in <module>
    from xclib.configuration import get_args
  File "/opt/xmpp-cloud-auth/xclib/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    from xclib.sigcloud import sigcloud
  File "/opt/xmpp-cloud-auth/xclib/sigcloud.py", line 9, in <module>
    from xclib.roster import roster
  File "/opt/xmpp-cloud-auth/xclib/roster.py", line 42
    def try_roster(self, async=True):
                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Python2: 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./xcauth.py", line 3, in <module>
    from xclib.configuration import get_args
  File "/opt/xmpp-cloud-auth/xclib/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    from xclib.sigcloud import sigcloud
  File "/opt/xmpp-cloud-auth/xclib/sigcloud.py", line 1, in <module>
    import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error
ImportError: No module named request`

[scurrvy2020]

Okay, I've figured a little bit out. It looks like in python 3.7 async is no longer valid and it needs to be changed to async_. https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/issues/956

I made those changes to a few of the files and I'm able to get it to run without errors. My service is still failing though.

[scurrvy2020]

Okay, got it working! Manjaro also needs python-systemd as a dependency.

[MarcelWaldvogel]

Can you list your changes? (e.g., as a pull request)

[scurrvy2020]

I'm still a newb at this, but I'll try to figure out how to do a pull request with the changes for you.

[MarcelWaldvogel]

The standard workflow (unfortunately, not as simple as I would like):

1. Fork the repository
2. Check out your fork
3. (Optional:) Create a feature branch with e.g. git checkout -b python37-compatibility)
4. Normal edit, commit, push
5. In the web interface of your fork, the option to create a pull request will be highlighted as a yellow bar above the code

https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/

[scurrvy2020]

I think I got it. Thanks for the bit of guidance.

[MarcelWaldvogel]

The change is in your repository right now. Can you also click on the Create Pull Request button below the green Clone or Download in your repository?

[MarcelWaldvogel]

Ah, just noticed you already did, but (accidentally, I believe) closed the pull request.