Hello, many thanks for your kind support and great advice!
I removed my old Python installation, downloaded a new one from python.org,
installed it (and selected something like install paths in the install
dialog), the paths were the same as you indicated. I used the command you
provided to install Leo: py -m pip install leo, the install process was
successful. And yes, I'm able to run it with py -m leo.core.runLeo command.
I created a shortcut with this command, Leo starts in Windows, the only
drawback is that it opens a Terminal window which I don't need but this is
a minor stuff. This is a Windows 10 system, I selected Run: Minimized in
the shortcut properties.
You made my day, Leo is an important tool for me.
Thank you once again! Your help makes difference!
On Monday, October 3, 2022 at 4:33:25 PM UTC+2 tbp1...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm puzzled by the long, complicated paths being reported. I've never
> seen paths like that, at least not on Windows computers. A typical path on
> my system would be
>
> C:\Users\tom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages\leo\core
>
> None of those caches and strange numbers; none of that
> *PythonSoftwareFoundation
> stuff*. Now, if you were installing, say, the Anaconda python
> environment, it might be different, but you haven't said.
>
> I'm also puzzled by your install message "Successfully built leo". A
> normal install on Windows wouldn't build it. It would install a pre-built
> package.
>
> You can find out where Leo is located in your file system like this:
>
> py -c "import leo; print(leo.__file__)"
>
> instead of "py", use whatever command you normally use to launch Python,
> like "python3" or whatever it is. On my Windows system, the result is
>
> C:\Users\tom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages\leo\__init__.py
>
> As for the enchant package, I wouldn't have thought that Leo wouldn't run
> without it. Leo's code that tries to import it and to use it isn't active
> if the enchant package can't be imported. In fact, it looks like the
> enchant module exists but in a weird way. The message
>
> 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\enchant\data\mingw64/lib/enchant-2\enchant_hunspell.dll':
>
> The specified module could not be found.
>
> has an impossible path (one with some forward slashes), and the fact that
> it was built with the mingw compiler system is very non-standard for a
> normal Windows install. It again makes me think that you installed using
> some environment like Anaconda or some such, and the installer got confused
> by a mixture of Windows and Linux paths.
>
> I suggest that you try installing Python and then Leo directly from a
> Windows console - assuming that you are really on Windows, as indicated by
> the path "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages". BTW, an ordinary Python
> install gets located into "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs", again
> showing that there is something non-standard about your install. Download
> the Windows Python3 installer from python.org. Run it - don't use
> Anaconda or any other pre-packaged environment for Python - just
> double-click on its icon. When that is finished, run it and check to make
> sure you are actually running the newly installed version. The install
> should have installed a launcher that you can invoke by just typing "py" in
> a Windows console windows (i.e., a cmd.exe window).
>
> Once that has been done, install Leo using pip. I suggest installing the
> latest version. You should make sure you are using the pip program that
> belongs to your newly-installed python, and the best way to do that is to
> run it as a module:
>
> py -m pip install leo
>
> Again, if "py" isn't the right command to launch the newly installed
> Python executable, type the right command name instead.
>
> You can check to see if the newly installed python package uses the
> standard Windows system paths:
>
> py -c "import sys; print('\n'.join(sys.path))"
>
> You should see something much like this:
>
> C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python310.zip
> C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\DLLs
> C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib
> C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310
> C:\Users\tom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages
> C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages
>
> C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\win32
>
> C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\win32\lib
>
> C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin
>
> Notice that these paths are much shorter and simpler than the paths
> reported in the error messages from your previous attempt, and they are
> mostly in "C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs", not
> "C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Packages".
>
> Once installed, make sure to run the version of Leo that you just
> installed and not some other. This is important because your earlier
> attempts might have left a path that would launch some other version. The
> easiest way to make sure is:
>
> py -m leo.core.runLeo
>
> If this new install seems to work right, you can think again about whether
> you want to try to use whatever other environment is on your system
> (Anaconda or whatever). You probably won't need it.
> On Monday, October 3, 2022 at 9:25:39 AM UTC-4 uu86...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Thank you very much! I used double dash and the installer worked
>> successfully:
>> ...
>> Successfully built leo
>> Installing collected packages: leo
>> Attempting uninstall: leo
>> Found existing installation: leo 6.6.4
>> Uninstalling leo-6.6.4:
>> Successfully uninstalled leo-6.6.4
>> WARNING: The scripts leo-c.exe, leo-console.exe, leo-m.exe and
>> leo-messages.exe are installed in
>> 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\Scripts'
>>
>> which is not on PATH.
>> Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress
>> this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.
>> Successfully installed leo-6.3
>>
>>
>> C:\Users\user\Apps\Leo\leo-editor-6.3>
>>
>> However, my attempt to launch Leo is unsuccessful:
>> C:\Users\user>python C:\Users\user\Apps\Leo\leo-editor-6.3\launchLeo.py
>>
>>
>> ** (python3.10.exe:8084): WARNING **: 15:22:23.005: Error loading plugin:
>> 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\enchant\data\mingw64/lib/enchant-2\enchant_hunspell.dll':
>>
>> The specified module could not be found.
>>
>> Leo 6.3
>> Invalid language code for Enchant 'en-US'
>> Using "en_US" instead
>> Use @string enchant_language to specify your language
>> Can not create empty workbook
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>
>> File
>> "C:\Users\user\Apps\Leo\leo-editor-6.3\leo\commands\spellCommands.py", line
>> 353, in open_dict_file
>> d = enchant.DictWithPWL(language, fn)
>>
>> File
>> "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\enchant\__init__.py",
>>
>> line 781, in __init__
>> super().__init__(tag, broker)
>>
>> File
>> "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\enchant\__init__.py",
>>
>> line 542, in __init__
>> super().__init__()
>>
>> ...
>>
>> What else do I miss? It's hard to believe that Leo can't launch due to
>> missing hunspell module.
>>
>> Thank you once again!
>>
>>
>> On Monday, October 3, 2022 at 2:36:17 PM UTC+2 tbp1...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> This follows a very common convention. A single-letter parameter on the
>>> command line takes a single dash, longer parameters take a double dash.
>>> E.g.,
>>>
>>> -h
>>> --help
>>>
>>> Some programs don't quite follow the convention (java, for example,
>>> understands java -version) but Python and Leo do.
>>>
>>> On Monday, October 3, 2022 at 8:30:48 AM UTC-4 Thomas Passin wrote:
>>>
>>>> I believe you need to type two dashes for the "editable" parameter:
>>>>
>>>> pip install --editable ....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, October 3, 2022 at 7:23:41 AM UTC-4 uu86...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I also tried to avoid cloud storage and whitespace issues by copying
>>>>> Leo to another folder, but it did not help either:
>>>>> C:\Users\user>pip install -editable
>>>>> C:\Users\user\Apps\Leo\leo-editor-6.3
>>>>>
>>>>> ERROR: ditable is not a valid editable requirement. It should either
>>>>> be a path to a local project or a VCS URL (beginning with bzr+http,
>>>>> bzr+https, bzr+ssh, bzr+sftp, bzr+ftp, bzr+lp, bzr+file, git+http,
>>>>> git+https, git+ssh, git+git, git+file, hg+file, hg+http, hg+https,
>>>>> hg+ssh,
>>>>> hg+static-http, svn+ssh, svn+http, svn+https, svn+svn, svn+file).
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, October 3, 2022 at 1:11:03 PM UTC+2 User User wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Update: trying to deal with whitespace in the path did not help:
>>>>>> C:\Users\user>pip install -editable "C:\Users\user\OneDrive -
>>>>>> User\Apps\Leo\leo-editor-6.3"
>>>>>> ERROR: ditable is not a valid editable requirement. It should either
>>>>>> be a path to a local project or a VCS URL (beginning with bzr+http,
>>>>>> bzr+https, bzr+ssh, bzr+sftp, bzr+ftp, bzr+lp, bzr+file, git+http,
>>>>>> git+https, git+ssh, git+git, git+file, hg+file, hg+http, hg+https,
>>>>>> hg+ssh,
>>>>>> hg+static-http, svn+ssh, svn+http, svn+https, svn+svn, svn+file).
>>>>>> On Monday, October 3, 2022 at 1:07:11 PM UTC+2 User User wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> many thanks to Edward and the community for beautiful Leo. Need your
>>>>>>> help installing it on Windows.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I usually work in Linux and install Leo successfully by downloading
>>>>>>> and unpacking leo-editor-6.3.zip and running launchLeo.py with gui=qt
>>>>>>> key.
>>>>>>> However, it did not work for me in Windows.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I already have Python and Qt on my PC. This is what I tried:
>>>>>>> C:\Users\user>python C:\Users\user\OneDrive -
>>>>>>> User\Apps\Leo\leo-editor-6.3\launchLeo.py --gui=qt
>>>>>>> It fails: can't find '__main__' module in 'C:\\Users\\user\\OneDrive'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I try to run pip install according to Installing from sources
>>>>>>> recommendations I get:
>>>>>>> C:\Users\user>pip install -editable C:\Users\user\OneDrive -
>>>>>>> User\Apps\Leo\leo-editor-6.3
>>>>>>> ERROR: Directory 'C:\\Users\\user\\OneDrive' is not installable.
>>>>>>> Neither 'setup.py' nor 'pyproject.toml' found.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Installing Leo with pip" recommendation did not work for me either.
>>>>>>> Also, I prefer Leo 6.3.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Appreciate any advice on how to install Leo (ideally, 6.3) on
>>>>>>> Windows!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kind regards, Serhii
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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