No module named 'PySide6'

[dmpop]

Describe the bug

Running ChimpStackr (Release v0.0.38) on Linux Mint 21 results in an error message: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PySide6'

To Reproduce

1. Make ChimpStackr-latest-x86_64.AppImage executable
2. Run in the Terminal: ./ChimpStackr-latest-x86_64.AppImage
3. The result is the following error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/.mount_ChimpSQPPNFP/usr/src/run.py", line 2, in <module>
    import PySide6.QtCore as qtc
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PySide6'

Expected behavior

The application starts correctly

[noah-peeters]

Hi

I've been having issues with correctly packaging the AppImage. It seems to be a conflict between the host's python version and the appimage python version. What I think is happening is that the application is using your system's python and looking there for dependencies which it can't find.

A possible fix for this would be to install the required packages on your system's python, or just use the source code instead.

I should have a better look at AppImage packaging in the future.

[zeus86]

got the same issue on linux mint as well.

isn't the whole point with appimages, that they should be a one-click hassle-free standalone build, without relying on anything else?

[zeus86]

However, even if I installed the dependencies with pip, i still got errors:

$ chimpstackr 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/.mount_chimps2Cbt7Z/usr/src/run.py", line 2, in <module>
    import PySide6.QtCore as qtc
ImportError: /home/zeus/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/PySide6/QtCore.abi3.so: undefined symbol: _ZN8Shiboken4Enum20createScopedEnumItemEP11_typeobjectS2_PKcx
$ 

[noah-peeters]

Yes, exactly. Unfortunately I never got the appimage working either...

The solution would be to just clone the repository and run the 'run.py' file. However I can understand this isn't a desirable solution. I hate to say it, but if you have access to a windows device, the '.exe' file should work. Alternatively I also created a snap package that should work: https://snapcraft.io/chimpstackr. However, it's an older version and I probably won't update that snap.

I hope to have some time to work on this project again in the future, so I can implement the appimage (finally). But for now this will have to do.

Regards, Noah

On Sun, Feb 26, 2023, 10:39 PM zeus @.***> wrote:

However, even if I installed the dependencies with pip, i still got errors:

$ chimpstackr Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/.mount_chimps2Cbt7Z/usr/src/run.py", line 2, in import PySide6.QtCore as qtc ImportError: /home/zeus/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/PySide6/QtCore.abi3.so: undefined symbol: _ZN8Shiboken4Enum20createScopedEnumItemEP11_typeobjectS2_PKcx $

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[zeus86]

I don't use windows whatsoever, but i got it working anyways. I was just confused, that the run-script does not contain a shebang-line, so you have to execute it with python3 src/run.py after installing the deps. Without explicitly giving an interpreter, the cursor just turned to a crosshair, and the script then crashes sometimes after with random image-magick-errors. The correct shebang-line for most people would likely be #!/usr/bin/env python3.

The appimage worked fine also, after building it for myself with appimage-builder (zsync is required as additional dependency). I think you are right, that just not everything needed is going into the appimage in the releases, but building the appimage by yourself works however.

[noah-peeters]

Good that you got it working.

Yes the appimage was also working on the system I built it for, but it stops working when executed on other systems. I don't know why.

On Mon, Feb 27, 2023, 9:13 AM zeus @.***> wrote:

I don't use windows whatsoever, but i got it working anyways. I was just confused, that the run-script does not contain a shebang-line, so you have to execute it with python3 src/run.py after installing the deps. Without explicitly giving an interpreter, the cursor just turned to a crosshair, and the script then crashes sometimes after with random image-magick-errors. The correct shebang-line for most people would likely be #!/usr/bin/env python3.

The appimage worked fine also, after building it for myself with appimage-builder (zsync is required as additional dependency). I think you are right, that just not everything needed is going into the appimage in the releases, but building the appimage by yourself works however.

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[mmiller7]

Same issue latest release on Mint 21/Ubuntu 22.04.

[wehkah]

Alternatively I also created a snap package that should work: https://snapcraft.io/chimpstackr. However, it's an older version and I probably won't update that snap.

Which is quite a bummer, because the snap version doesn't start either:

chimpstackr cannot load program:

: Invalid argument

:(

[wehkah]

The appimage worked fine also, after building it for myself with appimage-builder (zsync is required as additional dependency).

Could you give a short guidance how you did this? Since it seems were not expecting an updated and debugged version by the author hinselve, I need to bake my own cake as well in order to use this program.

[noah-peeters]

Hi Latest appimage build should be fixed now: https://github.com/noah-peeters/ChimpStackr/releases/tag/v0.0.41.