From c747bd92e5e069ea259f3e21a4331af2448fa452 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marko Mecina <marko.mecina@univie.ac.at>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:03:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] update installation procedure to use system-site dbus and gi
as default in venv, too
---
README | 14 +++++---------
requirements.txt | 12 +++++++-----
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
index f18ddc4..7249c0a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ This file documents the required steps to get the UVIE EGSE software up and runn
2) Required packages/devtools
- make
- - python-pip
- gtk3
- - python-gobject
- gtksourceview3 [<=3.24.11-1]
+ - python-pip
+ - python-gobject
+ - dbus-python
- mariadb
- mysql-workbench (optional)
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ This file documents the required steps to get the UVIE EGSE software up and runn
4) Install Python packages. To install the required modules with pip in userspace or a venv, run
'make install-python-requirements' in the CCS base directory or use 'pip install [--user] -r requirements.txt'.
- For details, see requirements.txt
+ If using a venv, it must have been created using the --system-site-packages option.
+ For more details, see requirements.txt
# INSTALLATION
@@ -43,9 +45,3 @@ Use CCS/Ccs/tools/import_mib.py to import a set of SCOS2000 MIB files into the M
# CCS & TST
./start_ccs: starts the CCS
./start_tst: starts the TST
-
-# TROUBLESHOOTING
-If working within a Python venv, you might need to install vext to access the system-site installation of gi:
-pip install vext
-pip install vext.gi
-
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2f00080..89a1e86 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
# requirements for running CCS/TST
-# markupsafe < 2.1.0
wheel
ipython >= 7, < 8
numpy
@@ -13,11 +12,13 @@ sphinx_rtd_theme
astropy
crcmod
psutil
-dbus-python
-vext
-vext.gi
-# vext requires python-gobject to be installed on system level.
+
+# If using a venv that has not been initialised with the --system-site-packages option, you can try to install gi and dbus in the venv directly, or via vext
+# vext
+# vext.gi
+# vext.dbus
+# vext requires python-gobject dbus-python to be installed on system level.
# Alternatively, install pygobject with pip (requires gobject-introspection to be installed)
# If using Conda for managing Python packages, vext might not work. Try installing PyGObject in the venv with Conda instead:
@@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ vext.gi
# For TASTE, which also needs libdbus-1-dev, gir1.2-notify-0.7, libgirepository1.0-dev, libgtk-3-dev:
# pygobject
+# dbus-python
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