Ulauncher: Unable to install on Fedora 32

[mjj55409]

Steps to reproduce:
sudo dnf install ulauncher_5.8.0_fedora.rpm

It fails with the error: nothing provides python(abi) = 3.7 needed by ulauncher-5.8.0-1.noarch

Ulauncher version: 5.8.0
Linux distro: Fedora 32
Desktop environment: Gnome 3.36.4 (Wayland)

Logs:

_To get the logs please do the following:_
_* Close the app_
_* Run "ulauncher -v" from the console_
_* Copy output to https://gist.github.com/_
_* Link to the gist here_

[ghost]

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/ulauncher

Just do dnf install ulauncher instead.

[StefKors]

@pgqz53 the dnf version looks broken, the settings menu doesn't work (blank screen) and it's super buggy. Any other suggestions?

[benfrain]

Same issue, followed instructions from front page and got the same nothing provides python(abi) message as @mjj55409

Also, like @StefKors the dnf one installs fine but doesn't work

[NoxHarmonium]

The latest RPM on the releases only supports Python < 3.8
This means it won't work on Fedora 32 and 33 because they use Python 3.8 and 3.9 respectively.

The good news is that it is easy to build locally once you update the mypy package.

If you update requirements.txt so that mypy is version "0.790" and mypy_extensions is version "0.4.3" it seems to build and work fine.

I've uploaded a patch here that you can apply to the current version of the code base.

https://gist.github.com/NoxHarmonium/2f9d3fd70b587422051206a96f04667d

Then just run:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt
./ul build-preferences
source /etc/os-release
./ul build-rpm 5.8.1-fc${VERSION_ID} fedora fc${VERSION_ID}
sudo rpm install /tmp/ulauncher_5.8.1-fc${VERSION_ID}_fc${VERSION_ID}.rpm

Although you might need to install some python dependencies first

sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"
sudo dnf install python3-distutils-extra python3-devel

I've attached a zipped RPM that I built on f33 (I don't think it will work on f22). It seems to work for me but use at your own risk!

ulauncher_5.8.1-fc33_fc33.zip

I suppose the better long term solution is to get those version bumps merged into the main code base and get the CI/CD builder running on a later version of Fedora. I'm not a python developer so I'm not sure what side effects we will get from bumping those versions. I'll have to do some reading and maybe raise a PR if I'm confident I'm not going to break anything.

[troycurtisjr]

Just a note that the latest version in the Fedora 32 repos appears to be working, so you might try with dnf again.

[gornostal]

I can confirm, it works fine for Python 32.
However, I updated release process a bit: now RPM build for Fedora 32 an below appears without any suffix on ulauncher.io
Fedora 33 build has fedora33 in the name however.
Closing this one.