Re: [was: Re: ANN: Frescobaldi 3.2]

[Jean Abou Samra]

Hello,

Adding back the list in copy, please keep it so that everyone can 
participate and benefit from the answers in the future.


Le 16/08/2022 à 10:25, Jean Louis Thiry a écrit :
> I just type "Frescobaldi" in the terminal. In the 'frescobaldi' folder 
> there is actually a setup.py file. If I run it, I get this:
> heroes:~ thiryjeanlouis$ cd '/Applications/frescobaldi-3.2/' && 
> '/usr/bin/pythonw' '/Applications/frescobaldi-3.2/setup.py' && echo 
> Exit status :$? && exit 1
> usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
>     or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
>     or: setup.py --help-commands
>     or: setup.py cmd --help
> error: no commands supplied
>
> very obscure to me!


The command provided in the INSTALL file is 'sudo python3 setup.py 
install', you're missing 'install'.


> > Before trying to install, what do you get if, inside the 
> > 'frescobaldi' folder, you follow the procedure for running 
> > Frescobaldi from this folder without installing, namely 'python3 
> > frescobaldi’?
>
> I'm not sure I understand the meaning of this sentence, is there a 
> difference between 'folder' and 'directory'?


No :-)


> in the 'frescobaldi' folder I don't see anything that allows me to 
> follow a procedure to "run Frescobaldi from this folder without 
> installing it".


I was referring to the first sentence from INSTALL:

"""
You can run Frescobaldi without installing. Just unpack and then run:

    python3 frescobaldi

See below for the required dependencies.
"""


> If I type 'python3 frescobaldi' in the terminal, I get this:
> python3 frescobaldi
> The 'popplerqt5' module can't be found.
> Frescobaldi can't find the 'popplerqt5' module. This module is 
> required for the display of PDF documents. The module is in the 
> python-poppler-qt5 package which needs to be installed.
>
> Frescobaldi can run, but cannot display PDF documents.
> Continuing...
> The 'qpageview' module can't be found.
> Frescobaldi can't find the 'qpageview' module. This module is required 
> for the Music View and other viewers inside Frescobaldi, and can be 
> downloaded from http://github.com/frescobaldi/qpageview.
>
> Unfortunately, Frescobaldi cannot run without it.
> Exiting.


Then you need to install those dependencies.

Before embarking in that: have you tried installing Frescobaldi from 
MacPorts? It's likely a lot simpler than doing this setup yourself. 
Install MacPorts if you don't already have it ...

https://www.macports.org/install.php

then type "sudo port install frescobaldi". See 
https://ports.macports.org/port/frescobaldi/

Frescobaldi relies on Python modules that have external dependencies, 
which makes the dependencies a bit complex to install if I recall 
correctly, so I think you will save yourself time with this.


> heroes:frescobaldi-3.2 thiryjeanlouis$
> In other words: nothing
> I'm really sorry, I feel really ignorant and I don't want to waste 
> your time with my more than basic questions (especially after 35 years 
> of Adobe Illustrator on a daily basis)


No problem here at all. Even if you were ignorant, that would not be a 
valid reason for being sorry to ask questions on this list.

Cheers,
Jean