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“Can you elaborate?” First, thanks for your work on Qutebrowser. I’m sure it’s exhausting in many ways, and I know it’s basically a hobby. So despite my compla

“Can you elaborate?” First, thanks for your work on Qutebrowser. I’m sure it’s exhausting in many ways, and I know it’s basically a hobby. So despite my complaints I’m impressed and I love the concept. And I’ve noticed you are consistently responsive to users, despite this not being a job. Pip installing QB usually leads to errors about missing or wrong Python QT libraries, and attempts to install those lead to other errors. I don’t expect you to deal with these problems; it’s what I’ve come to expect with large Python programs. Using a virtual env. did not solve the issues for me. EDIT: or it will install, but then when I run it, I get an error about something missing or being the wrong version. The nonworking video, I’m sure, is due to missing codecs. “many ads and trackers are served from the visited page directly” True, but the hosts file seems to catch most everything.

The-Compiler 6y ago
> despite this not being a job Yes and no - I'm only employed for 2 days a week, and earn enough in (recurring) donation income for this to be considered a part-time job. I also do some training/consulting around Python/pytest with my company (Bruhin Software), but that's usually only a couple of days per month. > Using a virtual env. did not solve the issues for me. That's weird, I'm not aware of any issues like that which wouldn't be resolved by using a virtualenv. You might want to try using qutebrowser's mkvenv.py which takes care of everything (or at least tries to): https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/blob/master/doc/install.asciidoc#installing-qutebrowser-with-virtualenv https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/blob/master/doc/i...
- leephillips 6y ago
  “earn enough in (recurring) donation income for this to be considered a part-time job” Glad to hear that! “I'm not aware of any issues like that which wouldn't be resolved by using a virtualenv.” To be more accurate, if I recall correctly, I think it did resolve the dependency issues, but the result was that the version of QB installed this way was crashy, or there was some other problem. Sorry, I didn’t take notes. I haven’t tried mkvenv.py, thanks for suggesting that.

The-Compiler 6y ago

> despite this not being a job Yes and no - I'm only employed for 2 days a week, and earn enough in (recurring) donation income for this to be considered a part-time job. I also do some training/consulting around Python/pytest with my company (Bruhin Software), but that's usually only a couple of days per month. > Using a virtual env. did not solve the issues for me. That's weird, I'm not aware of any issues like that which wouldn't be resolved by using a virtualenv. You might want to try using qutebrowser's mkvenv.py which takes care of everything (or at least tries to): https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/blob/master/doc/install.asciidoc#installing-qutebrowser-with-virtualenv https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/blob/master/doc/i...

leephillips 6y ago
“earn enough in (recurring) donation income for this to be considered a part-time job” Glad to hear that! “I'm not aware of any issues like that which wouldn't be resolved by using a virtualenv.” To be more accurate, if I recall correctly, I think it did resolve the dependency issues, but the result was that the version of QB installed this way was crashy, or there was some other problem. Sorry, I didn’t take notes. I haven’t tried mkvenv.py, thanks for suggesting that.