[Sugar-devel] setting up the development environment

Naman Nimmo namangera15 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 11 04:34:07 EST 2019


Sorry for the last email. I just checked & there was a file named new.py in
my local machine with "import wikipedia" in it. So, *it isn't necessary to
install Wikipedia *to be able to run Sugar.

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 2:37 PM James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:

> Can you please confirm that you didn't need to install a Python
> Wikipedia package to be able to run Sugar?  It's important, because so
> far you have said you did need to install it, and as far as I can see
> you didn't need to.  I don't want people to think it is necessary.
>
> Sorry, but nobody is available to guide you through the basic issues.
>
> When you subscribed to the mailing list today, I sent to you the "How
> to get started as a Sugar Labs developer [v8]"
> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2019-November/057323.html
> which has a prepared answer to your question in the section "How to
> ask for directions?".  Please read that.
>
> Yes, JavaScript/HTML5/CSS is an appropriate choice if you'd like to
> work on Music Blocks or Sugarizer.  For other programming languages we
> use, see our list;
> https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/languages.md
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 02:08:04PM +0530, Naman Nimmo wrote:
> > Thanks, it worked out.
> >
> > As I told earlier that I know python & can understand the codebase after
> some
> > help. Can anyone please guide me through the basic issues that I can
> work on
> > now. Should I learn raw javascript so that I'm eligible to work on more
> issues
> > like music blocks or Sugarizer?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > -Naman
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 1:56 PM James Cameron <[1]quozl at laptop.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >     new.py is not a Sugar file, it is yours; move it out of the way, and
> >     then Xapian won't try to load it?
> >
> >     Fix for the start up to Journal is to upgrade Metacity package.
> Sugar
> >     Live Build for instance has a custom Metacity package just to fix
> this.
> >
> >     On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 12:57:21PM +0530, Naman Nimmo wrote:
> >     > Based on the trackbacks (mentioned below) I got earlier in
> shell.log,
> >     new. py
> >     > file required a Wikipedia import. And I didn't have that.
> >     > Once I started sugar, it always displays the journal page. Is that
> a bug
> >     or
> >     > something cause I didn't even click on that. And on the journal
> page,
> >     there is
> >     > no option (I think??) of moving back to the home page
> >     >
> >     > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >     >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 174, in
> _run_module_as_main
> >     >     "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
> >     >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
> >     >     exec code in run_globals
> >     >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jarabe/main.py", line 74,
> in
> >     <module>
> >     >     from jarabe.view import keyhandler
> >     >   File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jarabe/view/keyhandler.py", line
> >     32,
> >     > in <module>
> >     >     from jarabe.journal import journalactivity
> >     >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jarabe/journal/
> >     journalactivity.py",
> >     > line 45, in <module>
> >     >     from jarabe.journal.volumestoolbar import VolumesToolbar
> >     >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jarabe/journal/
> >     volumestoolbar.py",
> >     > line 28, in <module>
> >     >     import xapian
> >     >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xapian/__init__.py", line
> 26, in
> >     > <module>
> >     >     from new import instancemethod as new_instancemethod
> >     >   File "new.py", line 1, in <module>
> >     >     import wikipedia
> >     > ImportError: No module named wikipedia
> >     >
> >     > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 12:44 PM James Cameron <[1][2]
> quozl at laptop.org>
> >     wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     I'm really surprised, because I didn't have to install any such
> >     >     package on my Ubuntu 19.04 VM
> >     >
> >     >     Are you sure it is a Sugar file that has imported Wikipedia?
> >     >
> >     >     Might you have a file in your directory which is overriding a
> system
> >     >     file?  I see from your screenshot you have some *.py files.
> >     >
> >     >     On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 12:34:04PM +0530, Naman Nimmo wrote:
> >     >     > Ok, thanks. It's working now. I had to install Wikipedia
> >     >     >
> >     >     > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 12:21 PM James Cameron <[1][2][3]
> >     quozl at laptop.org>
> >     >     wrote:
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     It is normal that .sugar is not shown by ls without -a.
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     Look carefully at any traceback you see in shell.log, in
> case
> >     it
> >     >     >     refers to files that are not system files.
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 12:01:26PM +0530, Naman Nimmo
> wrote:
> >     >     >     > Hey,
> >     >     >     > I couldn't find that file in the terminal. Once I type
> 'ls',
> >     it
> >     >     won't
> >     >     >     display
> >     >     >     > sugar folder.. but It displays that if I type 'ls -a'.
> Why is
> >     that
> >     >     >     happening?
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 11:51 AM James Cameron
> <[1][2][3]
> >     >     [4]quozl at laptop.org>
> >     >     >     wrote:
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     Hello Naman,
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     What you have to do is read the file
> .sugar/default/logs/
> >     >     shell.log to
> >     >     >     >     find out why /usr/bin/sugar did fail.  Usually
> because of
> >     a
> >     >     missing
> >     >     >     >     package.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     Be sure you are using Ubuntu 19.04, because Ubuntu
> 19.10
> >     fails
> >     >     >     because
> >     >     >     >     of using version 0.116 of package python-sugar3.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 11:44:42AM +0530, Naman
> Nimmo
> >     wrote:
> >     >     >     >     > Hello mentors,
> >     >     >     >     > I want to contribute to this open-source
> project. I
> >     have read
> >     >     the
> >     >     >     >     documentation
> >     >     >     >     > already. I know python and want to contribute to
> >     "sugar", but
> >     >     I am
> >     >     >     facing
> >     >     >     >     some
> >     >     >     >     > trouble in setting up the development
> environment. Once
> >     I
> >     >     installed
> >     >     >     Sugar
> >     >     >     >     on
> >     >     >     >     > ubuntu 19.04, Sugar 0.112 does not start. In the
> docs,
> >     it is
> >     >     >     written that
> >     >     >     >     I
> >     >     >     >     > need to first log out & then log in again, but
> It won't
> >     >     display
> >     >     >     anything
> >     >     >     >     once I
> >     >     >     >     > type sugar in the terminal. What should I do?
> >     >     >     >
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> >     sugar-devel
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     --
> >     >     >     >     James Cameron
> >     >     >     >     [4][5][6][7]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > References:
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > [1] mailto:[6][7][8]quozl at laptop.org
> >     >     >     > [2] mailto:[7][8][9]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >     >     >     > [3] [8][9][10]
> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >     >     >     > [4] [9][10][11]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     --
> >     >     >     James Cameron
> >     >     >     [10][11][12]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     >     >
> >     >     > References:
> >     >     >
> >     >     > [1] mailto:[12][13]quozl at laptop.org
> >     >     > [2] mailto:[13][14]quozl at laptop.org
> >     >     > [3] mailto:[14][15]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >     >     > [4] [15][16]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >     >     > [5] [16][17]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     >     > [6] mailto:[17][18]quozl at laptop.org
> >     >     > [7] mailto:[18][19]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >     >     > [8] [19][20]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >     >     > [9] [20][21]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     >     > [10] [21][22]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     >
> >     >     --
> >     >     James Cameron
> >     >     [22][23]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     >
> >     > References:
> >     >
> >     > [1] mailto:[24]quozl at laptop.org
> >     > [2] mailto:[25]quozl at laptop.org
> >     > [3] mailto:[26]quozl at laptop.org
> >     > [4] mailto:[27]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >     > [5] [28]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >     > [6] [29]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     > [7] mailto:[30]quozl at laptop.org
> >     > [8] mailto:[31]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >     > [9] [32]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >     > [10] [33]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     > [11] [34]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     > [12] mailto:[35]quozl at laptop.org
> >     > [13] mailto:[36]quozl at laptop.org
> >     > [14] mailto:[37]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >     > [15] [38]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >     > [16] [39]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     > [17] mailto:[40]quozl at laptop.org
> >     > [18] mailto:[41]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >     > [19] [42]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >     > [20] [43]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     > [21] [44]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >     > [22] [45]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >
> >     --
> >     James Cameron
> >     [46]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >
> > References:
> >
> > [1] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [2] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [3] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [4] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [5] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [6] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [7] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [8] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [9] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [10] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [11] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [12] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [13] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [14] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [15] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [16] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [17] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [18] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [19] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [20] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [21] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [22] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [23] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [24] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [25] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [26] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [27] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [28] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [29] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [30] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [31] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [32] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [33] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [34] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [35] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [36] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [37] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [38] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [39] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [40] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [41] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [42] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [43] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [44] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [45] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [46] http://quozl.netrek.org/
>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.netrek.org/
>
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