On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Ben Koenig wrote:
Ah ok so here is where we got real problems. First off, you don't want to
use pip. it makes it very difficult to remove packages later and can
result in a broken python installation.
Ben,
I've used pip when I could not find an SBo package.
You can try starting the build with "meson build -Dpython=python2.7" to
make sure it selects the older python. If that doesn't work you might need
to seek other solutions since dealing with an incomplete python stack is a
project all on it's own.
Wait ... meson wants python2 and not python3?
Nope:
$ meson build -Dpython=python2.7
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/meson", line 6, in <module>
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
File "/home/rshepard/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 3324, in <module>
def _initialize_master_working_set():
File
"/home/rshepard/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 3298, in _call_aside
f(*args, **kwargs)
File
"/home/rshepard/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 3336, in _initialize_master_working_set
working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
File
"/home/rshepard/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 629, in _build_master
ws.require(__requires__)
File
"/home/rshepard/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 966, in require
needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
File
"/home/rshepard/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 827, in resolve
dist = self._resolve_dist(
File
"/home/rshepard/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 868, in _resolve_dist
raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'meson==0.59.2' distribution was not
found and is required by the application
Yet,
$ ls /var/log/packages/ | grep meson
meson-0.59.2-x86_64-2
Thanks,
Rich
