[Bug]: Python error when updating PsychoPy through internal Tools > PsychoPy update option

ajmeek commented 1 year ago

PsychoPy Version

2023.2.1

What OS are your PsychoPy running on?

macOS Intel

Bug Description

Hi everyone,

I'm on a slightly older version of PsychoPy and was trying to update it to the latest version through the Tools > PsychoPy Updates option. This was because an experiment I was trying to run uses parameters not supported in my current version.

However, when I do that, I get a bug. It seems that some of the underlying code tries to index an integer. Here's the output that PsychoPy recommended I copy and paste.

Traceback (most recent call last): File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.8/psychopy/app/connections/updates.py”, line 406, in onInstall File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.8/psychopy/app/connections/updates.py”, line 554, in doAutoInstall TypeError: ‘int’ object is not subscriptable

Expected Behaviour

I expected it to update to the latest version.

Steps to Reproduce

Download PsychoPy 2023.2.1 for MacOS Intel.
Go to the Tools > PsychoPy Updates option on the top.
Click that and try to update.

Additional context

If there's any other context I should give then please just let me know. It's a fairly simple process to reproduce. For now, I'll just uninstall and get the latest version of PsychoPy on my machine to keep working. Thanks everyone!

El-Psy-Kongrooo commented 7 months ago

Can you please assign me this issue? I would very much appreciate that. Thank you

peircej commented 7 months ago

Certainly @El-Psy-Kongrooo we haven't looked at this for a long time but it would certainly be nice to make it work again :-) For info

I actually stopped updating the psychopy.org/version.txt as well, since it was no longer useful for the updater, so to start with you'll need to test by simply hacking around that check
there was also an issue with using auto-update that it requires the app to be launched with "Run as administrator" (simply being an admin user isn't enough, you have to right-click and select that option). Ideally we would elevate those privileges as needed, which I think means running as a separate sub-process

peircej commented 7 months ago

If you get the main part of the code working then I'll update the version.txt online, but I don't want to do that yet because of the number of people that will suddenly be told to update PsychoPy

El-Psy-Kongrooo commented 7 months ago

Okok, I will see it throught :)

El-Psy-Kongrooo commented 6 months ago

I'm afraid that this issue is proving a bit too much for me, so I have to throw in the towel. I don't want to hold this up any further so I am unassigning it from myself. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience I may have caused.

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