[SOLVED] Help with Anki error (Using Slackbuilds for 15)

medictruck · 05-15-2022, 04:21 AM

Hello.

I have encountered this error with the latest build of Anki in Slackbuilds. I went through the "sqg -p anki" route to build the queue & installed it.

I already had previous version of anki installed & working wonderfully. On upgrade, I am facing this error.

Any help would be appreciated.

fourtysixandtwo · 05-15-2022, 12:44 PM

This would be related to the recent upgrades to Flask, click, and werkzeug and I just started looking into it yesterday.

I'm putting together a patch to send to the maintainer already, but here's the notes:
-there's a switch to python3 only
-Flask-Cors needs updating and (will be uploaded today)
-anki DEPs changed to python3-waitress and adding protobuf3
-there's a 3rd DEP it's asking for but no slackbuild exists yet (orjson), luckily it runs without it

Once those are in place it should work again.

medictruck · 05-15-2022, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fourtysixandtwo

This would be related to the recent upgrades to Flask, click, and werkzeug and I just started looking into it yesterday.

I'm putting together a patch to send to the maintainer already, but here's the notes:
-there's a switch to python3 only
-Flask-Cors needs updating and (will be uploaded today)
-anki DEPs changed to python3-waitress and adding protobuf3
-there's a 3rd DEP it's asking for but no slackbuild exists yet (orjson), luckily it runs without it

Once those are in place it should work again.

Thank you sir for elucidation. I will probably wait then as I lack the technicalities to sort it out myself. But, I do understand things changed. Thanks.

fourtysixandtwo · 05-16-2022, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by medictruck

Thank you sir for elucidation. I will probably wait then as I lack the technicalities to sort it out myself. But, I do understand things changed. Thanks.

Sorry for being so technical, I've been in the weeds of testing those upgrades and finding what is broken and/or missing.

More clearly put...to get anki working:

-install the updated python3-Flask-Cors when it's available
-install python3-waitress
-install protobuf3

Gerswing · 05-21-2022, 01:18 AM

This may not be Slackware consistent, but you can still install orjson using:

Code:

pip3 install orjson

It does make anki run quicker.

fourtysixandtwo · 05-21-2022, 11:57 AM

As noted on the mailing list, there is another python2 package installed as a dependency that may cause problems (it did not in my rudimentary test). It overwrites a file from python-markdown which is included in Slackware 15.

Code:

removepkg Markdown-2.6.11-x86_64-1_SBo

slackpkg reinstall python-markdown

medictruck · 05-23-2022, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fourtysixandtwo

As noted on the mailing list, there is another python2 package installed as a dependency that may cause problems (it did not in my rudimentary test). It overwrites a file from python-markdown which is included in Slackware 15.

Code:

removepkg Markdown-2.6.11-x86_64-1_SBo

slackpkg reinstall python-markdown

The current updated queue for Slackware 15 built perfectly. This particular package didn't change anything yet. Anki starts and runs fine. Should I still do it though for other packages?

fourtysixandtwo · 05-23-2022, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by medictruck

The current updated queue for Slackware 15 built perfectly. This particular package didn't change anything yet. Anki starts and runs fine. Should I still do it though for other packages?

It's best to fix it now as it might affect things in a more subtle way. Plus the Markdown package will not be removed or the conflicting file fixed any other way until or if python-markdown gets upgraded/patched with a Slackware update.

The list of slackbuilds that use the old python2 Markdown build is small and shrinking so you're unlikely to cause any other issues.