rlaphoenix/hdlg

hdlg not supported on Linux or macOS

signer-ink-beast opened this issue · 3 comments

signer-ink-beast commented

I installed hdlg using pip on Linux Mint 20.3. It installed fine, but it fails to run. Line 5 in hdlg/ui/main.py tries to import pythoncom module. With some searching, it looks like that module is part of Active Python or PyWin32, and it only works on Windows.

To reproduce:

  1. Install Linux somewhere (maybe use WSL2 or a virtual machine?)
  2. Make sure pip is installed. In Mint, I had to run apt install python3-pip.
  3. Install hdlg via pip install --user hdlg
  4. If pip says ~/.local/bin isn't in PATH, add this to it via your bashrc with a line like PATH="${PATH}:${HOME}/.local/bin". Source your new bashrc by running . ~/.bashrc in your existing shell(s).
  5. Start hdlg
rlaphoenix commented

The project is currently more focused on Windows even though it does hope to be Cross-Compatible with Linux and macOS one day. The primary roadblock for Linux/macOS support is primarily the fact that I'm now on Windows and cannot really test changes on Linux.

MestreLion commented

The project is currently more focused on Windows even though it does hope to be Cross-Compatible with Linux and macOS one day. The primary roadblock for Linux/macOS support is primarily the fact that I'm now on Windows and cannot really test changes on Linux.

What functionalities of pythoncom it are you actually using? Are there any cross-platform libraries that has the same features?

rlaphoenix commented

What functionalities of pythoncom it are you actually using? Are there any cross-platform libraries that has the same features?

This is the only use of pythoncom:

hdlg/hdlg/ui/worker.py

Line 30 in 18011d1

pythoncom.CoInitialize() # important!

I don't even remember why, but it's needed or either WMI Fails, or reading disk drives fail (I can't quite remember which).