Unable to install under Archlinux

[mantielero]

I am trying to install this under Linux but I get:

$ nimble install
   Warning: Package 'nimlibxlsxwriter' has an incorrect structure. It should contain a single directory hierarchy for source files, named 'nimlibxlsxwriter', but file 'doc_custom_properties.nim' is in a directory named 'tests' instead. This will be an error in the future.
      Hint: If 'tests' contains source files for building 'nimlibxlsxwriter', rename it to 'nimlibxlsxwriter'. Otherwise, prevent its installation by adding `skipDirs = @["tests"]` to the .nimble file.
Setting up Git repo: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter
Pulling repository
Command failed: 1
git pull --depth=1 origin master
fatal: no se puedo encontrar ref remota master

stack trace: (most recent call last)
/tmp/nimblecache-1023837959/nimscriptapi_3203592219.nim(199, 29)
/tmp/nimlibxlsxwriter/nimlibxlsxwriter.nimble(24, 14) installBefore
/tmp/nimlibxlsxwriter/nimlibxlsxwriter.nimble(21, 10) setupTask
/home/jose/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-#devel/lib/system/nimscript.nim(273, 7) exec
/home/jose/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-#devel/lib/system/nimscript.nim(273, 7) Error: unhandled exception: FAILED: nimgen nimlibxlsxwriter.cfg [OSError]
       Tip: 3 messages have been suppressed, use --verbose to show them.
     Error: Exception raised during nimble script execution

I report the issue in the wrong repo: jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter#329. Nonetheless, @jmcnamara was very helpful and suggested that the the issue is that rather than master is using main. I wonder if that can be handled with nimgen. Maybe gitcheckout?

[ThomasTJdev]

Hi @mantielero

Great catch - thank you bringing this to my attention. You have identified the problem correct as the main branch has changed name.

In nimgen we need to use the pull procedure, and inside that procedure the branch name master is hardcoded. If you want to use the library before a fix to nimgen is published, then you can clone nimgen and change the name of branch. I have created an issue at nimgen here: genotrance/nimgen#49. Otherwise a PR to nimgen would be nice :)

[ThomasTJdev]

Hi @mantielero

I have created a PR for solving the branch name problem with nimgen. If you need to this library now, then:

1. Pull and nimble install the PR Support branch names genotrance/nimgen#50
2. Update the nimlibxlsxwriter cfg-file with gitbranch:

[n.prepare]
gitbranch = "main"
gitremote = "https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter"
gitsparse = """
include/*
include/xlsxwriter/*
"""

3. Do a nimble install within the nimlibxlsxwriter folder

[mantielero]

The installation works with your approach, thanks (I was looking how to do a PR).

[ThomasTJdev]

Closed by PR #5