Install on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

[kAlvaro]

The app stopped working when I upgraded from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS. I'm trying a fresh install but I'm at a loss because I know nothing about Python.

python -m pip install konsave

... shows this:

error: externally-managed-environment

× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install
    python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
    install.

    If you wish to install a non-Debian-packaged Python package,
    create a virtual environment using python3 -m venv path/to/venv.
    Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and path/to/venv/bin/pip. Make
    sure you have python3-full installed.

    If you wish to install a non-Debian packaged Python application,
    it may be easiest to use pipx install xyz, which will manage a
    virtual environment for you. Make sure you have pipx installed.

    See /usr/share/doc/python3.12/README.venv for more information.

note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation or OS distribution provider. You can override this, at the risk of breaking your Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.
hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.

The package (obviously?) does not exist, so I've tried the pipx solution:

$ pipx install --verbose konsave
pipx >(setup:860): pipx version is 1.4.3
pipx >(setup:861): Default python interpreter is '/usr/bin/python3'
pipx >(package_name_from_spec:370): Determined package name: konsave
pipx >(package_name_from_spec:371): Package name determined in 0.0s
creating virtual environment...
pipx >(run_subprocess:168): running /usr/bin/python3 -m venv --without-pip /home/alvaro/.local/share/pipx/venvs/konsave
pipx >(run_subprocess:168): running <checking pip's availability>
pipx >(run_subprocess:168): running /home/alvaro/.local/share/pipx/venvs/konsave/bin/python -c import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('purelib'))
pipx >(run_subprocess:168): running /home/alvaro/.local/share/pipx/shared/bin/python -c import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('purelib'))
pipx >(run_subprocess:168): running /home/alvaro/.local/share/pipx/venvs/konsave/bin/python --version
pipx >(_parsed_package_to_package_or_url:137): cleaned package spec: konsave
installing konsave...
pipx >(run_subprocess:168): running /home/alvaro/.local/share/pipx/venvs/konsave/bin/python -m pip --no-input install konsave
pipx >(run_subprocess:168): running <fetch_info_in_venv commands>
pipx >(get_venv_metadata_for_package:339): get_venv_metadata_for_package: 23ms
pipx >(_parsed_package_to_package_or_url:137): cleaned package spec: konsave
pipx >(run_subprocess:168): running <checking pip's availability>
pipx >(needs_upgrade:78): Time since last upgrade of shared libs, in seconds: 727. Upgrade will be run by pipx if greater than 2592000.
pipx >(run_subprocess:168): running <checking pip's availability>
installed package konsave 2.2.0, installed using Python 3.12.3
These apps are now globally available
    - konsave
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨

... but the app doesn't work:

$ which konsave
/home/alvaro/.local/bin/konsave
$ konsave
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/alvaro/.local/bin/konsave", line 5, in <module>
    from konsave.__main__ import main
File "/home/alvaro/.local/share/pipx/venvs/konsave/lib/python3.12/site-packages/konsave/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

Is there a way to make it work in current Ubuntu LTS?

[kAlvaro]

Found it!

Full procedure:

pipx install konsave
pipx inject konsave setuptools