Error when installing python2

kazuma

Installing python2 via ame install python2 fails. The build log has the following output.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 54 tests in 0.758s
OK
== Tests result: FAILURE ==
369 tests OK.
2 tests failed:
    test_epoll test_timeout
24 tests skipped:
    test_aepack test_al test_applesingle test_bsddb185 test_cd test_cl
    test_dl test_gdb test_gl test_imageop test_imgfile test_kqueue
    test_linuxaudiodev test_macos test_macostools test_msilib
    test_ossaudiodev test_py3kwarn test_scriptpackages test_startfile
    test_sunaudiodev test_winreg test_winsound test_zipfile64
1 skip unexpected on linux2:
    test_gdb
Total duration: 9 min 26 sec
Tests result: FAILURE
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in check().
    Aborting...
(END)

IDK what this means, can someone help me. Thanks in advance!

Antiz

Hi kazuma,

Python 2 has been dropped from the official Arch repository (see: https://archlinux.org/news/removing-python2-from-the-repositories/).
That means you are actually installing the Python 2 AUR package. And by reading the pinned comment on the page, you seems to encounter a known issue. But this is not related to ame nor Crystal Linux in any way.

According to the said comment, you'll need to manually install python 2 by cloning the AUR repo and using the makepkg command with the following arguments: --nocheck -si

If you have trouble doing so, you can either leave a comment on the Python2 AUR package page or eventually join Crystal's Discord and ask for help 🙂

kazuma

Thanks a lot, I will give this a try. I knew it prolly wasn't ame or crystal causing the issue, I just wanted to give much info as possible 😊. Either way thanks a lot!!