[Slackbuilds-users] Pitivi not running

[Jeremy Hansen]

On Sat, Mar 5, 2022, 11:00 AM Luiz Carlos Ramos via SlackBuilds-users <
slackbuilds-users at slackbuilds.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> today I tried to upgrade Pitivi version to the last one, and it turns
> out that the final binary (in fact, a Python3 script) didn't run,
> showing signs of a missing matplotlib.
>
> Digging a little bit, one found that the problem was on two
> dependencies, kiwisolver and cycler, which didn't have the Python3
> version built.
>
> I could solve it including in these packages a command to build Python3
> bits along the Python2 ones, like that:
>
>      python setup.py install --root $PKG
> [+]  python3 setup.py install --root $PKG
>
> and rebuilding kiwisource and cycler.
>
> Conversely to what the error message points, it seems there is no need
> to install the whole matplotlib. By the way, the current matplotlib SBo
> lacks Python3 support.
>

I'm the maintainer of pitivi. It relies on python3-matplotlib, not the
regular matplotlib on SBo. It should build properly with the dependencies
listed on REQUIRES line in the pitivi.info. I tested it on a clean VM using
sqg and sbopkg before I submitted it. If I missed something, let me know.

Jeremy
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