Pybombs mako problem

[jamisxom]

Hi, I've been unable to use pybombs to install UHD or anything that depends on UHD.

I'm starting fresh on a brand new installation of Ubuntu 14.04.
I've pulled the latest pybombs from git.

The issue is possibly something to do with Mako, although I've tried after installing mako using both pybombs
./pybombs install mako
which reports that I have mako and that the version is recent enough.
When that didn't work, I uninstalled mako using pybombs and then reinstalled it from the repositories:
sudo apt-get install python-mako
and still have the same problem.
Pybombs has been able to install other recipies that don't seem to depend on UHD. I've found a few posts about similar problems but most seem to have been solved by installing mako, which hasn't worked for me.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

In the meantime, I've gone ahead and installed gnuradio and uhd using apt-get. Does that potentially conflict with the use of pybombs?

-- 
-- Python checking for Python version 2.6 or greater
-- Python checking for Python version 2.6 or greater - found
-- 
-- Python checking for Mako templates 0.4 or greater
-- Python checking for Mako templates 0.4 or greater - "import mako" failed
-- 
-- Configuring LibUHD support...
--   Dependency Boost_FOUND = 1
--   Dependency HAVE_PYTHON_PLAT_MIN_VERSION = TRUE
--   Dependency HAVE_PYTHON_MODULE_MAKO = FALSE
CMake Error at cmake/Modules/UHDComponent.cmake:51 (MESSAGE):
  Dependencies for required component LibUHD not met.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:279 (LIBUHD_REGISTER_COMPONENT)

[mbr0wn]

@jamisxom, this doesn't look like a UHD bug, rather a path setup problem. I recommend you take this to the mailing list, so we can get a conversation going to fix your problem. In the meantime, I'll be closing this issue.

[mbr0wn]

When you do contact the mailing list, show us the output of

$ python -c 'import mako'

[robincoxe]

I encountered the same issue. I attempted to re-install python-mako with:
sudo apt-get install python-mako --reinstall
To no avail. However, it magically worked after I tried Plan B:
$ pip install mako

[phelpsw]

This just occurred for me on a fresh ubuntu install as well. pip install mako fixed the issue. Aren't these dependencies what pybombs is supposed to be handling?

[mbr0wn]

It should yes. Which Ubuntu? Which Pybombs?

[ndandanov]

I just encountered the same issue on a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 x64 install while trying to install gnuradio using the official PyBOMBS recipe.
pip install mako and sudo apt-get install python-mako seem to have resolved it. I will report later if any other issues occur.

[mbr0wn]

@ndandanov Which PyBOMBS version did you use? Did you install via pip $ pip install pybombs or from source?

[ndandanov]

@mbr0wn I installed it via pip. Then I read that this issue has been fixed and installed from source.

[mbr0wn]

Did that fix it?

[ndandanov]

Sorry, I think I switched to the latest source for another bug which popped up later during the installation.
I can try to replicate the issue in a fresh Ubuntu install however :) That would be no problem for me.

[mbr0wn]

No that's fine! It seems to work with the latest pip though.

[hz5612777]

I have encountered the same problem, even if mako is properly installed, it is still useless. I found it is a version issue. UHD called the python3 version, so pip should correspond to python3. When I use pip3 install mako, the problem is solved.

[jarvisAUT]

I have encountered the same problem, even if mako is properly installed, it is still useless. I found it is a version issue. UHD called the python3 version, so pip should correspond to python3. When I use pip3 install mako, the problem is solved.

Solved it for me.

[cbdonohue]

Should Pybombs be updated to avoid this?

[mbr0wn]

PyBOMBS has been updated on master branch to do this.