prepare.sh fails

[DevLorin]

Hello

So I tried following steps:

1. Installed a clean Ubuntu 23.10 into a VirtualBox (7.0.12) environment.
2. Created a user "rb" as instructed and made it root.
3. Cloned renpy-build and hit ./prepare.sh

and got this:

(prepare.sh, line 14)
E: Unable to locate package python2-dev

Is python2-dev still needed or is this only for building with python version 2?
After deleting python2-dev in prepare.sh, I have the following:

(prepare.sh, line 45)

Ign:2 https://apt.llvm.org/mantic 1lvm-toolchain-mantic-15 InRelease
Err:6 https://apt.llvm.org/mantic llvm-toolchain-mantic-15 Release
404
Not Found [IP: 146.75.118.49 443]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository http://apt.llvm.org/mantic llvm-toolchain-mantic-15 Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) mandage rb@renpy-1-2:~/renpy-builds
for repository creation and user configuration details.
rb@renpy-1-2:~/renpy-builds 

Is it possible to use llvm 16 or 17?

(nightly/python.sh, line 17)

copying src/pygame
_sl2/pygame_sdl2.h -> /us/include/python3.11
error: could not create
/usr/include/python3.11/pygame_sd12.h': Permission deni
ed rb@renpy-1-2:~/reny-butld§

After changing line 18 to:

sudo python3 setup.py install headers
This is our next output:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File
"/home/rb/renpy-build/pygame_sd2/setup.py", line 26, in ‹module> from setuplib import android,
ios, windows, cython, pymodule, setup, parse_c
flags, parse_libs, find_unnecessary_gen, gen
File
"/home/rb/renpy-build/pygame_sd12/setuplib.py", line 27, in <module> import setuptools
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools'

Am I missing something here?
Thanks.

[renpytom]

python2-dev is still needed.

You might want to make sure the universe and multiverse repositories are enabled.

[Kassy2048]

AFAIK, Python 2 is not available in Ubuntu 23.04 and later so the python2-dev cannot be installed. Maybe it is available through ESM/Ubuntu Pro?

Building Ren'Py from a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 docker container worked for me, after installing the libharfbuzz-dev and bc packages. I've only tried building the web3 version though.

[renpytom]

Ah, okay. I have it here, though we may be able to live without it. That being said, it might make sense to just stick to 22.04 until we drop Python 2 support entirely, in mid 2024.

[DevLorin]

@Kassy2048
Thanks for the advice. I attempted the build process on a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 VM. I installed the libharfbuzz-dev and bc packages.

However I encountered an error related to the absence of the Live2DCubismCore.h file:

/home/rb/renpy-build/renpy/gen3-static/renpy.gl2.live2dmodel.c:751:10: fatal error: 'Live2DCubismCore.h' file not found

I tried to build for Windows but after trying for the Web platform, I noticed that the same error occurs. Did you also encouter this problem? I saved the Cubism SDK in /renpy-build/tars
as stated in the renpy-build/tars/README.rst before running ./build.py. (CubismSdkForNative-4-r.7.zip)

[Kassy2048]

@renpytom I agree, better stick to Ubuntu 22.04 as it's the latst version to support Python 2 and it's a LTS so it should be maintained until 2027. It is possible to install Python 2 on 23.10 manually or using tools like pyenv, but that will increase build time ofc.

@LorinDesch You need to download the exact same version as renpy-build expects, which is "CubismSdkForNative-4-r.6.2.zip".

For the records, here are the commands I've used to build Ren'Py on docker (first command is from the host):

docker run --interactive --tty --name renpy_build ubuntu:22.04 bash

apt update && apt install git sudo lsb-release wget software-properties-common gnupg nano
apt install libharfbuzz-dev bc
mkdir renpy-dev
cd /renpy-dev
git clone https://github.com/renpy/renpy-build.git
cd renpy-build
./prepare.sh
cd tars
wget 'https://cubism.live2d.com/sdk-native/bin/CubismSdkForNative-4-r.6.2.zip'
cd ..
. tmp/virtualenv.py3/bin/activate
./build.py --platform web

You may want to change the renpy-build repository URL to your own, as well as the URLs in "nightly/git.sh" before executing "prepare.sh".

[DevLorin]

Thanks for your assistance. Unfortunately, I've encountered new errors (still building for Windows). The specific error I'm facing is as follows:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/rb/renpy-build/./build.py", line 231, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/rb/renpy-build/./build.py", line 227, in main
    args.function(args)
  File "/home/rb/renpy-build/./build.py", line 122, in build
    task.run(context)
  File "/home/rb/renpy-build/renpybuild/task.py", line 97, in run
    self.function(context)
  File "/home/rb/renpy-build/tasks/pythonlib.py", line 532, in python3
    raise Exception(f"Unused rules: {rules - used_rules}")
Exception: Unused rules: {'steamapi'}

I noticed that line 527 in renpy-build/tasks/python.lib is commented out:

# used_rules.add("steamapi")


if rules - used_rules:
    if c.platform != "web":
        raise Exception(f"Unused rules: {rules - used_rules}")

According to renpy-build/tars/README.rst, Ren'Py should build without Steamworks. Is it safe to comment out this line? I tried doing that, but it resulted in a linker error:

clean-renpython.windows-x86_64-py3 running in /home/rb/renpy-build/tmp/build/renpython.windows-x86_64-py3 ...

build-renpython.windows-x86_64-py3 running in /home/rb/renpy-build/tmp/build/renpython.windows-x86_64-py3 ...

link_windows-renpython.windows-x86_64-py3 running in /home/rb/renpy-build/tmp/build/renpython.windows-x86_64-py3 ...
ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: SharpYuvComputeConversionMatrix
>>> referenced by libavif.a(reformat_libsharpyuv.c.obj):(avifImageRGBToYUVLibSharpYUV)

ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: SharpYuvConvert
>>> referenced by libavif.a(reformat_libsharpyuv.c.obj):(avifImageRGBToYUVLibSharpYUV)
clang-15: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
link_windows-renpython.windows-x86_64-py3: process failed with 1.
args: 'ccache' '/home/rb/renpy-build/tmp/cross.windows-x86_64/llvm-mingw/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-clang++' '-target' 'x86_64-w64-mingw32' '--sysroot' '/home/rb/renpy-build/tmp/cross.windows-x86_64/llvm-mingw' '-fPIC' '-pthread' '-std=gnu++17' '-O3' '-L/home/rb/renpy-build/tmp/install.windows-x86_64/lib' '-shared' '-static-libstdc++' '-o' 'librenpython.dll' 'librenpython.o' '-lrenpy' '-lfribidi' '/home/rb/renpy-build/tmp/install.windows-x86_64/lib/libpython3.9.dll.a' '-lavformat' '-lavcodec' '-lswscale' '-lswresample' '-lavutil' '-lSDL2_image' '-lSDL2' '-lopengl32' '-lavif' '-laom' '-lyuv' '-ljpeg' '-lpng16' '-lwebp' '-lharfbuzz' '-lbrotlidec' '-lfreetype' '-lffi' '-lssl' '-lcrypto' '-llzma' '-lbz2' '-lbcrypt' '-lz' '-lm' '-lpthread' '-lws2_32' '-liphlpapi' '-ldinput8' '-ldxguid' '-ldxerr8' '-luser32' '-lgdi32' '-lwinmm' '-limm32' '-lcomdlg32' '-lole32' '-loleaut32' '-lshell32' '-lsetupapi' '-lversion' '-luuid'
  File "/home/rb/renpy-build/./build.py", line 231, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/rb/renpy-build/./build.py", line 227, in main
    args.function(args)
  File "/home/rb/renpy-build/./build.py", line 122, in build
    task.run(context)
  File "/home/rb/renpy-build/renpybuild/task.py", line 97, in run
    self.function(context)
  File "/home/rb/renpy-build/tasks/renpython.py", line 329, in link_windows
    c.run("""
  File "/home/rb/renpy-build/renpybuild/context.py", line 331, in run
    renpybuild.run.run(command, self, verbose, quiet)
  File "/home/rb/renpy-build/renpybuild/run.py", line 453, in run
    traceback.print_stack()

The library libavif-dev is already installed.

[qTich]

@LorinDesch

Regarding the last one - b223a61
Regarding steamapi - if I'm correct, you need to add the SDK, which is listed in the README.

[brainos233]

Ah, okay. I have it here, though we may be able to live without it. That being said, it might make sense to just stick to 22.04 until we drop Python 2 support entirely, in mid 2024.

Perhaps python2-dev is no longer needed, since the build scripts are all run through python3, and hostpython2 manually builds the python2 used by Renpy 7.