Pywinauto: Linux Pip install fail.

[MagazinnikIvan]

On linux command pip install pywinauto fails by trying to install windows module pywin32.
Fail example: https://travis-ci.org/MagazinnikIvan/test_qt_app/builds/172109535

[vasily-v-ryabov]

As a workaround this command should work

pip install https://github.com/pywinauto/pywinauto/releases/download/0.6.0/pywinauto-0.6.0.zip

@MagazinnikIvan could you please check?

[MagazinnikIvan]

@vasily-v-ryabov Yes this command work fine on both 2.7 and 3.5 python versions

[vasily-v-ryabov]

Please re-check again. I've updated zip file to make it working on Windows (setup.cfg (flake8 section) contained symbols that cannot be decoded).

[MagazinnikIvan]

@vasily-v-ryabov pip install from zip still work fine on 2.7 and 3.5 Pythons

[vasily-v-ryabov]

Updated the PyPI package. Please re-check pip install pywinauto now.

[MagazinnikIvan]

@vasily-v-ryabov Yes, now it works without errors on all pythons versions on linux.

[RebornBeat]

I am receiving this same error again back in lubuntu 19.10 ??

@vasily-v-ryabov

[liangyongxiang]

Me too. And I try this command:

pip install --user https://github.com/pywinauto/pywinauto/releases/download/0.6.8/pywinauto-0.6.8.tar.gz

I am receiving this same error again back in lubuntu 19.10 ??

@vasily-v-ryabov

[airelil]

There's ongoing work in atspi branch to make pywinauto crosplatform. You can give it a try

[mo-han]

btw, on pypi.org, which old version is the latest cross-platform one?

[vasily-v-ryabov]

Hi @mo-han the latest PyPI version 0.6.8 is still not fully cross-platform. It has small function set on Linux (mouse and keyboard) and there is no macOS functions at all. You have to wait till next major release or try to manually install it from "atspi" branch:

pip install https://github.com/pywinauto/pywinauto/archive/atspi.zip

[mo-han]

@vasily-v-ryabov
thx, and that's why i'd like to know the last OLD version which is cross-platform, do you know which one is?

[vasily-v-ryabov]

The whole 0.6.x series should be cross-platform. I mean it can be imported on Linux at least. For macOS you have to use conditional record in requirements.txt because it can't be imported on macOS.

If you can describe your problem, maybe I can suggest more ways to resolve it.

[mo-han]

@vasily-v-ryabov
i'm pretty sure in "Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS" the latest version 0.6.8 and the previous 0.6.7 both failed installation by pip install pywinauto