Install breaks Qt

[sr67]

After installing with pipx inject I get qt error when I try to use vpype show e.g. "vpype random show" works fine, but after injecting hatched I get the error below. Thoughts?

$ vpype --version
vpype 1.11.0a0

$ pipx inject vpype hatched
injected package hatched into venv vpype
done!

$ vpype random show
QObject::moveToThread: Current thread (0x564880d67810) is not the object's thread (0x564880d74d20).
Cannot move to target thread (0x564880d67810)

qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "/home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cv2/qt/plugins" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: xcb, eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposite-glx, webgl.

Aborted

[abey79]

I can't reproduce this. Can you provide more information on your OS, how you installed Python and pipx, etc.

Also, how did you install vpype in the first place? The current version is 1.10. Did you install vsketch as well?

[sr67]

Hi, sure. Thanks for having a look

OS:
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Kali
Description: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
Release: 2021.1
Codename: kali-rolling

Python:
Don't recall how, or if, I installed, but...
python --version
Python 3.9.5

vpype:
pipx install "vpype[all]"
pipx inject vpype git+https://github.com/abey79/vsketch --include-apps
pipx inject vpype hatched

I also injected the following, but only get this behavior when I inject hatched in any order in the process
pipx inject vpype vpype-occult
pipx inject vpype vpype-perspective
pipx inject vpype vpype-embroidery
pipx inject vpype vpype-vectrace
pipx inject vpype git+https://github.com/serycjon/vpype-flow-imager
pipx inject vpype vpype-pixelart

[abey79]

Can you provide the output of pipx inject --verbose vpype hatched (when starting clean)?

Edit: actually the whole thing would be interesting:

$ pipx uninstall vpype
$ pipx install --verbose vpype
$ pipx inject --verbose vpype hatched

[sr67]

$ pipx uninstall vpype
uninstalled vpype! ✨ 🌟 ✨

$ pipx install --verbose vpype
pipx >(setup:729): pipx version is 1.0.0
pipx >(setup:730): Default python interpreter is '/home/art/miniconda3/bin/python'
pipx >(package_name_from_spec:323): Determined package name: vpype
pipx >(package_name_from_spec:324): Package name determined in 0.0s
creating virtual environment...
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running /home/art/miniconda3/bin/python -m venv --without-pip /home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running /home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype/bin/python -c import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('purelib'))
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running /home/art/.local/pipx/shared/bin/python -c import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('purelib'))
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running /home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype/bin/python --version
pipx >(_parsed_package_to_package_or_url:128): cleaned package spec: vpype
installing vpype...
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running /home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype/bin/python -m pip install vpype
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running <fetch_info_in_venv commands>
pipx >(get_venv_metadata_for_package:303): get_venv_metadata_for_package: 136ms
pipx >(_parsed_package_to_package_or_url:128): cleaned package spec: vpype
pipx >(needs_upgrade:69): Time since last upgrade of shared libs, in seconds: 246123. Upgrade will be run by pipx if greater than 2592000.
installed package vpype 1.10.0, installed using Python 3.9.5
These apps are now globally available
- vpype
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨

$ vpype random show
WARNING:root:!!! show: vpype viewer not available, reverting to classic mode. Note: use pip install vpype[all] to install the vpype viewer.
WARNING:root:!!! show: classic viewer not available, ignore command. Note: use pip install matplotlib to enable the classic viewer.

$ pipx inject --verbose vpype hatched
pipx >(setup:729): pipx version is 1.0.0
pipx >(setup:730): Default python interpreter is '/home/art/miniconda3/bin/python'
pipx >(run_pipx_command:169): Virtual Environment location is /home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype
pipx >(needs_upgrade:69): Time since last upgrade of shared libs, in seconds: 246223. Upgrade will be run by pipx if greater than 2592000.
pipx >(package_name_from_spec:323): Determined package name: hatched
pipx >(package_name_from_spec:324): Package name determined in 0.0s
pipx >(_parsed_package_to_package_or_url:128): cleaned package spec: hatched
installing hatched...
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running /home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype/bin/python -m pip install hatched
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running <fetch_info_in_venv commands>
pipx >(get_venv_metadata_for_package:303): get_venv_metadata_for_package: 469ms
pipx >(_parsed_package_to_package_or_url:128): cleaned package spec: hatched
injected package hatched into venv vpype
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨

$ vpype random show
WARNING:root:!!! show: vpype viewer not available, reverting to classic mode. Note: use pip install vpype[all] to install the vpype viewer.

[sr67]

Same error if I install just vpype[all] and hatched without vsketch. And vpype version remains 1.10.0 without vsketch install. show works before hatched install but not after.

$ pipx install --verbose "vpype[all]"
pipx >(setup:729): pipx version is 1.0.0
pipx >(setup:730): Default python interpreter is '/home/art/miniconda3/bin/python'
pipx >(package_name_from_spec:323): Determined package name: vpype
pipx >(package_name_from_spec:324): Package name determined in 0.0s
creating virtual environment...
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running /home/art/miniconda3/bin/python -m venv --without-pip /home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running /home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype/bin/python -c import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('purelib'))
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running /home/art/.local/pipx/shared/bin/python -c import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('purelib'))
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running /home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype/bin/python --version
pipx >(_parsed_package_to_package_or_url:128): cleaned package spec: vpype[all]
installing vpype from spec 'vpype[all]'...
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running /home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype/bin/python -m pip install vpype[all]
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running <fetch_info_in_venv commands>
pipx >(get_venv_metadata_for_package:303): get_venv_metadata_for_package: 381ms
pipx >(_parsed_package_to_package_or_url:128): cleaned package spec: vpype[all]
pipx >(needs_upgrade:69): Time since last upgrade of shared libs, in seconds: 247428. Upgrade will be run by pipx if greater than 2592000.
installed package vpype 1.10.0, installed using Python 3.9.5
These apps are now globally available
- vpype
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨

(this works)
$ vpype random show
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-art'

$ pipx inject --verbose vpype hatched
pipx >(setup:729): pipx version is 1.0.0
pipx >(setup:730): Default python interpreter is '/home/art/miniconda3/bin/python'
pipx >(run_pipx_command:169): Virtual Environment location is /home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype
pipx >(needs_upgrade:69): Time since last upgrade of shared libs, in seconds: 247442. Upgrade will be run by pipx if greater than 2592000.
pipx >(package_name_from_spec:323): Determined package name: hatched
pipx >(package_name_from_spec:324): Package name determined in 0.0s
pipx >(_parsed_package_to_package_or_url:128): cleaned package spec: hatched
installing hatched...
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running /home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype/bin/python -m pip install hatched
pipx >(run_subprocess:172): running <fetch_info_in_venv commands>
pipx >(get_venv_metadata_for_package:303): get_venv_metadata_for_package: 442ms
pipx >(_parsed_package_to_package_or_url:128): cleaned package spec: hatched
injected package hatched into venv vpype
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨

$ vpype --version
vpype 1.10.0

$ vpype random show
QObject::moveToThread: Current thread (0x563e8563f400) is not the object's thread (0x563e8564c980).
Cannot move to target thread (0x563e8563f400)

qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "/home/art/.local/pipx/venvs/vpype/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cv2/qt/plugins" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: xcb, eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposite-glx, webgl.

Aborted

[abey79]

OK, I think I've figured it out (and could have from your first message -- sorry for having you run circles 😅).

Try:

$ pipx runpip vpype uninstall opencv-python
$ pipx runpip vpype install opencv-python-headless

The base OpenCV installation includes a Qt distribution that appears to interfere with PySide2 in your case.

[sr67]

No worries, appreciate your help! Yes that seems to have solved my issue. Thanks so much.

[abey79]

Juste released hatched 0.2.0, which fixes this issue for good.