Impossible to use CLI about meshmagick

[mcharlou]

A similar error occurs after installing without option --prefix ~/.local in Docker image python:3.7-buster:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/meshmagick", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('meshmagick==2.1.1', 'console_scripts', 'meshmagick')())
  File "/usr/local/bin/meshmagick", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point
    return next(matches).load()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.0.1-py3.7.egg/importlib_metadata/__init__.py", line 166, in load
    module = import_module(match.group('module'))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 965, in _find_and_load_unlocked
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'meshmagick_cli'

Here are the installation logs in case it's of any relevance (python setup.py install):

running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
creating meshmagick.egg-info
writing meshmagick.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to meshmagick.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing entry points to meshmagick.egg-info/entry_points.txt
writing requirements to meshmagick.egg-info/requires.txt
writing top-level names to meshmagick.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing manifest file 'meshmagick.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
adding license file 'LICENCE' (matched pattern 'LICEN[CS]E*')
reading manifest file 'meshmagick.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
writing manifest file 'meshmagick.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
installing library code to build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg
running install_lib
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib
creating build/lib/meshmagick
copying meshmagick/mmio.py -> build/lib/meshmagick
copying meshmagick/mesh_clipper.py -> build/lib/meshmagick
copying meshmagick/__init__.py -> build/lib/meshmagick
copying meshmagick/mesh.py -> build/lib/meshmagick
copying meshmagick/inertia.py -> build/lib/meshmagick
copying meshmagick/MMviewer.py -> build/lib/meshmagick
copying meshmagick/hydrostatics.py -> build/lib/meshmagick
copying meshmagick/tools.py -> build/lib/meshmagick
copying meshmagick/densities.py -> build/lib/meshmagick
creating build/lib/meshmagick/tests
copying meshmagick/tests/__init__.py -> build/lib/meshmagick/tests
copying meshmagick/tests/test_IO.py -> build/lib/meshmagick/tests
copying meshmagick/tests/test_hydrostatics.py -> build/lib/meshmagick/tests
copying meshmagick/tests/test_inertia.py -> build/lib/meshmagick/tests
copying meshmagick/tests/test_inertia_cylinder.py -> build/lib/meshmagick/tests
copying meshmagick/tests/test_mesh.py -> build/lib/meshmagick/tests
copying meshmagick/tests/test_clipping.py -> build/lib/meshmagick/tests
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick
copying build/lib/meshmagick/mmio.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick
copying build/lib/meshmagick/mesh_clipper.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick
copying build/lib/meshmagick/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests
copying build/lib/meshmagick/tests/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests
copying build/lib/meshmagick/tests/test_IO.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests
copying build/lib/meshmagick/tests/test_hydrostatics.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests
copying build/lib/meshmagick/tests/test_inertia.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests
copying build/lib/meshmagick/tests/test_inertia_cylinder.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests
copying build/lib/meshmagick/tests/test_mesh.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests
copying build/lib/meshmagick/tests/test_clipping.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests
copying build/lib/meshmagick/mesh.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick
copying build/lib/meshmagick/inertia.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick
copying build/lib/meshmagick/MMviewer.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick
copying build/lib/meshmagick/hydrostatics.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick
copying build/lib/meshmagick/tools.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick
copying build/lib/meshmagick/densities.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/mmio.py to mmio.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/mesh_clipper.py to mesh_clipper.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/__init__.py to __init__.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests/__init__.py to __init__.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests/test_IO.py to test_IO.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests/test_hydrostatics.py to test_hydrostatics.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests/test_inertia.py to test_inertia.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests/test_inertia_cylinder.py to test_inertia_cylinder.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests/test_mesh.py to test_mesh.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tests/test_clipping.py to test_clipping.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/mesh.py to mesh.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/inertia.py to inertia.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/MMviewer.py to MMviewer.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/hydrostatics.py to hydrostatics.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/tools.py to tools.cpython-37.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/meshmagick/densities.py to densities.cpython-37.pyc
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying meshmagick.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying meshmagick.egg-info/SOURCES.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying meshmagick.egg-info/dependency_links.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying meshmagick.egg-info/entry_points.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying meshmagick.egg-info/requires.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying meshmagick.egg-info/top_level.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
creating dist
creating 'dist/meshmagick-2.1.1-py3.7.egg' and adding 'build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg' to it
removing 'build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg' (and everything under it)
Processing meshmagick-2.1.1-py3.7.egg
Copying meshmagick-2.1.1-py3.7.egg to /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages
Adding meshmagick 2.1.1 to easy-install.pth file
Installing meshmagick script to /usr/local/bin

Installed /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/meshmagick-2.1.1-py3.7.egg
Processing dependencies for meshmagick==2.1.1
Searching for argcomplete
Reading https://pypi.org/simple/argcomplete/
Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b7/9e/9dc74d330c07866d72f62d553fe8bdbe32786ff247a14e68b5659963e6bd/argcomplete-1.12.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl#sha256=291f0beca7fd49ce285d2f10e4c1c77e9460cf823eef2de54df0c0fec88b0d81
Best match: argcomplete 1.12.3
Processing argcomplete-1.12.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing argcomplete-1.12.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl to /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages
Adding argcomplete 1.12.3 to easy-install.pth file
Installing activate-global-python-argcomplete script to /usr/local/bin
Installing python-argcomplete-check-easy-install-script script to /usr/local/bin
Installing register-python-argcomplete script to /usr/local/bin
Installing python-argcomplete-tcsh script to /usr/local/bin

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Installing numpy-1.20.2-cp37-cp37m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl to /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages
Adding numpy 1.20.2 to easy-install.pth file
Installing f2py script to /usr/local/bin
Installing f2py3 script to /usr/local/bin
Installing f2py3.7 script to /usr/local/bin

Installed /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy-1.20.2-py3.7-linux-x86_64.egg
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Adding typing-extensions 3.10.0.0 to easy-install.pth file

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Adding vtk 9.0.1 to easy-install.pth file

Using /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages
Finished processing dependencies for meshmagick==2.1.1

[frongere]

Please use the install procedure using pip and described here

pip install -e .

I also advise relying on the python miniconda distribution instead of Debian repositories.

[mcharlou]

Seems to work fine with the alternate method of installation!

Is the other method no longer supported?

[frongere]

Install via pip works fine but install with conda is not currently maintained as I did not setup a CI yet to deploy automatically new versions on anaconda cloud. Installing via conda install command will at best install an old version of meshmagick.
I have to update the documentation.

[mcharlou]

I was thinking about the python setup.py install way, which is the recommended way for installing meshmagick without tracking changes to the code, according to the documentation... This isn't the conda way, right? I'm not familiar with setuptools, but I guess it's the culprit if setup.py doesn't work.

But anyway, thanks for the info, it's working fine now!

[mancellin]

I did not setup a CI yet to deploy automatically new versions on anaconda cloud

Just FYI, I can recommend conda-forge. Building and publishing new versions with their CI has always been seamless for me.

[frongere]

Thanks for this Matthieu :)

[frongere]

@mcharlou, not the conda way indeed. But I never use directly setuptools. Definitely, documentation needs a cleaning... No time for it for the moment though