FIXED: Install terminator from repositories #244

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1. mattrose commented on Oct 13, 2020

   

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   What repositories are you trying to install from?
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3. dragonxtek commented on Oct 13, 2020

   

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   I did the following:
   git clone https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator.git
   cd terminator
   sudo python3 setup.py install
4. mattrose commented on Oct 13, 2020

   

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   You need to run python setup.py build first.
   Also, you should run python3 setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=install-files.txt otherwise a bunch of assets won't get copied properly.
5. dragonxtek commented on Oct 13, 2020

   

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   I re-installed as you said, but now I can't run terminator:

   ...
   writing terminator.egg-info/PKG-INFO
   writing dependency_links to terminator.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
   writing requirements to terminator.egg-info/requires.txt
   writing top-level names to terminator.egg-info/top_level.txt
   reading manifest file 'terminator.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
   reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
   warning: no previously-included files found matching 'po/.intltool-merge-cache'
   writing manifest file 'terminator.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
   Copying terminator.egg-info to /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/terminator-2.0.1-py3.6.egg-info
   running install_scripts
   changing mode of /usr/local/bin/terminator to 755
   changing mode of /usr/local/bin/remotinator to 755
   writing list of installed files to 'install-files.txt'
   > terminator              
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/local/bin/terminator", line 4, in <module>
       __import__('pkg_resources').run_script('terminator==2.0.1', 'terminator')
     File "/home/dragonxtek/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 666, in run_script
       self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns)
     File "/home/dragonxtek/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1454, in run_script
       .format(**locals()),
   pkg_resources.ResolutionError: Script 'scripts/terminator' not found in metadata at '/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/terminator-2.0.1-py3.6.egg-info'
   
6. mattrose commented on Oct 13, 2020

   

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   Hmm, what distro/OS are you using? can you upgrade it to python 3.8 easily?
7. mattrose commented on Oct 13, 2020

   

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   Also, try changing to a different directory before running terminator. There were a lot of weird bugs with setuptools in 3.6 I think
8. mattrose commented on Oct 22, 2020

   

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   closing for lack of feedback, please feel free to re-open.
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10. pipatron commented on Feb 19, 2021

    

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    Came here having what appears to be the same problem as OP, on debian testing. I "solved" it by removing every file and directory in my local install path named something related to terminator, and re-installing. Problem gone.

    I expect this won't happen often, and perhaps only if you keep building from git and having python upgraded etc. Decided to post my "solution" since this will show up when someone searches for the error message.