startup fail (Linux mint 20.2)

[ermtl]

I tried to install version 0.8.0 and the latest nightly on a Linux Mint 20.2 machine and got the following error.
Image
Steps to reproduce :

• Remove the old .icestudio directory : rm -rf ~/.icestudio
• download the latest appimage (0.8.2w202201110401)
• Make it executable
• start it
• select the board
• Get that error
  Image

Unsurprisingly, if I then try to install the toolchain I get this new error:
Image

I have Python 3.8.10

[cavearr]

Hi! could you send us the icestudio.log that was created in you home directory? you could see detailed instructions in issue #494

[ermtl]

I have done it. at first, the log mentioned missing dependency venv, I installed it using : apt install python3.8-venv

Still the same error, .icestudio only contains a file named profile.json, there is no venv/bin directory, creating it manually does not fix the error. Here is the log:

`

Icestudio session Sat Jan 15 2022 16:57:46 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Version: 0.8.2w202201110401

Node information:

• Node version: v16.4.0
• lts: undefined
• SourceURL: https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.4.0/node-v16.4.0.tar.gz

System information:

• Architecture: x64
• Platform: linux

Profile file: /home/eric/.icestudio/profile.json

• PROFILE:

{
"data": {
"board": "icestick",
"boardRules": true,
"collection": "/tmp/.mount_7EFY6V/usr/bin/resources/collection",
"language": "en",
"uiTheme": "dark",
"externalCollections": "",
"externalPlugins": "",
"remoteHostname": "",
"showFPGAResources": false,
"displayVersionInfoWindow": "yes",
"lastVersionReview": "0.8.2w202201110401",
"loggingEnabled": false,
"loggingFile": "",
"pythonEnv": {
"python": "",
"pip": ""
}
}
}

• PATHs

common.BASE_DIR: Icestudio base dir: /home/eric
common.ICESTUDIO_DIR: Icestudio folder: /home/eric/.icestudio
common.PROFILE_PATH: Profile path: /home/eric/.icestudio/profile.json
common.INTERNAL_COLLECTIONS_DIR: Internal collections: /home/eric/.icestudio/collections
common.APIO_HOME_DIR: APIO folder: /home/eric/.icestudio/apio
common.ENV_DIR: PYthon virtual environment: /home/eric/.icestudio/venv
common.ENV_BIN_DIR: Executable files: /home/eric/.icestudio/venv/bin
common.ENV_PIP: PIP executable: /home/eric/.icestudio/venv/bin/pip3
common.APIO_CMD: Apio command: APIO_HOME_DIR="/home/eric/.icestudio/apio" PATH="/home/eric/.icestudio/venv/bin:/tmp/.mount_EMtjC1/usr/bin:/tmp/.mount_EMtjC1/usr/sbin:/home/eric/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin" "/home/eric/.icestudio/venv/bin/apio"
Common.APP: Icestudio APP folder: /tmp/.mount_EMtjC1/usr/bin
common.APP_DIR: Icestudio execution folder: /tmp/.mount_EMtjC1/usr/bin

===> tools.CHECKTOOLCHAIN

utils.executeCommand => APIO_HOME_DIR="/home/eric/.icestudio/apio" PATH="/home/eric/.icestudio/venv/bin:/tmp/.mount_EMtjC1/usr/bin:/tmp/.mount_EMtjC1/usr/sbin:/home/eric/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin" "/home/eric/.icestudio/venv/bin/apio" --version

(ERROR): /bin/sh: 1: /home/eric/.icestudio/venv/bin/apio: not found

----!!!! ERROR !!!! -----
CMD: APIO_HOME_DIR="/home/eric/.icestudio/apio" PATH="/home/eric/.icestudio/venv/bin:/tmp/.mount_EMtjC1/usr/bin:/tmp/.mount_EMtjC1/usr/sbin:/home/eric/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin" "/home/eric/.icestudio/venv/bin/apio",--version
Error flag: true
Error: true`

[cavearr]

Could you open a terminal and execute the command:

python -V

and paste the output here?

[ermtl]

At first I got :
`
~$ python -V

Command 'python' not found, did you mean:

command 'python3' from deb python3
command 'python' from deb python-is-python3

`
So I installed with: apt install python-is-python3

The output of the python -V command is now : Python 3.8.10

Still the same error, log unchanged.

[Obijuan]

Hi ermtl,

The first error (image1) is because the toolchain is not yet installed (This error happens always the first time you execute icestudio. It is not a real error and will be revemoved soon). Let's focus on the sencond error

I need you to follow this steps for getting more information about the problem:

1. Close icestudio (if it was opened)
2. Remove the ~/icestudio.log file
3. Open Icestudio
4. You will see the initial error. Ignore it
5. Install the toolchain eigher by clicking on the green notification or on the "Tool/Toolchains/Install" menu option
6. It will start the downloading and installation of the toolchains. Wait until the error shows up
7. Upload the new icestudio.log (Provide the full file. Just drag and drop here). I will download this log file and tell you what actions to do

Thanks for your report

[ermtl]

I still had the second error message, but this time the toolchain install worked (but with some errors still in the log like 'ERROR: Failed building wheel for blackiceprog').
The main differences are that I installed python3.8-venv and python-is-python3

It would be really good to have more explicit, action oriented error messages, also the menu item says 'logging enabled' but you still have to click on it to activate it. People see it's enabled, but it does not work. would be better if the text was 'logging disabled' when it's disabled.

Here is the log, thanks for your help !

icestudio.log

[Obijuan]

Thanks for the log. Everything is fine and the toolchains have been successfully installed. So, now you should be able to load circuits in your board

Let's recap:

• Error 1: It was not the problem. But it has been corrected on the latest development vesion (0.8.2w202201160601)
• Error 2: The command python3.8 -m venv could not be execute because the package python3.8-venv was missing. Once it is instaled, the error is gone

(The package python-is-python3 is not really needed. If you do not have it installed it will also run fine)

I will close this issue as all the errors reported has been fixed. Thanks for your help

[ermtl]

@Obijuan : I tried on a different machine (Linux Mint 19.3) and it also failed while installing the toolchain but for a different reason.
Looking at the log, it mentioned pip being the wrong version, so i updated it :

~$ /home/eric/.icestudio/venv/bin/python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip
Collecting pip
Using cached pip-21.3.1-py3-none-any.whl (1.7 MB)
Installing collected packages: pip
Attempting uninstall: pip
Found existing installation: pip 20.2.3
Uninstalling pip-20.2.3:
Successfully uninstalled pip-20.2.3
Successfully installed pip-21.3.1

Trying to install the toolchain failed again producing the same message.

Here is the picture

You'll find the log below
icestudio.log

Then, I tried something else : in Edit - Preferences - Python environment, I manually entered the following paths:
/home/eric/.icestudio/venv/bin/python3.9
/home/eric/.icestudio/venv/bin/pip3.9
(I checked that they both exist)
I got an error message about version being < 3.7

Also (but I think it's unrelated), during startup and before the splash screen appears,
the following dialog appears for a split second: picture
preference seem to be saved normally.