Instructions for Linux install

[raymon68]

Hello. I have been trying to install D-Rats onto a debian machine. When I try to run pip3 on the tarball I get:

There is no setup_version.py. Also there is no PKG-INFO file in the d_rats sub directory.

Is there a Linux install procedure described somewhere? Or is there documentation on how to create a pip3-installable tar file?

Thanks,

Ray

Processing ./D-Rats-0.4.2.tar.gz
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [21 lines of output]
The setup.py is only used in building a pip installable tarball.
The setup.py is not used for actually installing d-ratsand will not work.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/rmoral/.miniconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in
main()
File "/home/rmoral/.miniconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/rmoral/.miniconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 118, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return hook(config_settings)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-t4wmf4ag/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 332, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-t4wmf4ag/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 302, in _get_build_requires
self.run_setup()
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-t4wmf4ag/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 318, in run_setup
exec(code, locals())
File "", line 75, in
File "", line 56, in default_build
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'd_rats/setup_version.py'
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

[wb8tyw]

A tarball generated from github is useless for pip installs. The Readme file should explain how to create a pip installable tarball in more detail from a clone of the D-Rats repository.

I was placing PIP installable packages in D-Rats mailing list file area file download area but gave up on that as the primary users, Windows users, found that it took too many steps for them to safely install D-rats on windows. So almost no one was using them, so now all those tarballs are out of date.

So now the quick procedure is to just do a git clone of master branch of the repository.
And then for Debian use apt-get to install all the required packages that are listed in the README above.
Then create a symbolic link to make it easy to run the package.

I took the time to get the windows procedure to simply install MobaXterm, start a local terminal window wget a script, chmod it to be executable, and then run it for the Windows users to run D-Rats under MobaXterm from a git clone.
Pretty simple and less work for me

I just have not had time to do the same for the various Linux distributions other than to document the package lists for some of the Debian distributions in the Readme

Then upgrades to D-rats are usually just using "git pull" commands.

[raymon68]

Thank you for your quick response.  I understand what I have to do.Ramón J. Moral Ph.D.Sent from my iPadOn Sep 16, 2024, at 20:07, John E. Malmberg ***@***.***> wrote: A tarball generated from github is useless for pip installs. The Readme file should explain how to create a pip installable tarball in more detail. I was placing PIP installable packages in D-Rats mailing list file area file download area but gave up on that as the primary users, Windows users, found that it took too many steps for them to safely install D-rats on windows. So almost no one was using them. So now the quick procedure is to just do a git clone of master branch of the repository. And then for Debian use apt-get to install all the required packages that are listed in the README above. Then create a symbolic link to make it easy to run the package. I took the time to get the windows procedure to simply install MobaXterm, start a local terminal window wget a script, chmod it to be executable, and then run it for the Windows users to run D-Rats under MobaXterm from a git clone. Pretty simple and less work for me I just have not had time to do the same for the various Linux distributions other than to document the package lists for some of the Debian distributions in the Readme Then upgrades to D-rats are usually just using "git pull" commands. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>