Error on 'pip install .'

[nerdylist]

Hello, I'm getting the following error when trying to run pip install . Any ideas?
pyenv: version openui is not installed (set by /local/openui/backend/.python-version)

Thank you!

[dacbd]

yes that file contains openui, I would just remove it and then pyenv won't complain and will use your default (see pyenv version).

[davemecha]

@nerdylist I struggled with the same when I tried to run it on Gitpod, since I'm not very used to python. Thanks @dacbd for your suggestion.

I solved it by creating a virtual python environment:

python -m venv openui

You can run that anywhere on your system (e.g. from your home directory). The virtual environment does not have to be in the project dir. On creation a new folder with the env name is created and some python deps are installed there.

To enable the virtual environment in your current terminal session, run this from the same directory, where you ran the command to create the venv.

source openui/bin/activate

After the venv is activated, you can navigate to your openui repo backend dir and run pip install . To run the backend you also need to make sure you have the python venv activated (in case you eventually create a new terminal for this).

In my PR about Gitpod support, you can check out the script that's running the same on init to automate setup.

openui/.gitpod.yml

Line 10 in c97527f

python -m venv openui

Since I'm not a python pro there might be a more convenient or best practice way setting up the venv. I'd be happy for suggestions. 🙏

[vanpelt]

Nice, yep that works. Another option is to install pyenv and pyenv-virtualenv, then you can do something like:

pyenv virtualenv 3.12.0 openui
pyenv local openui