Not working on Windows 11

[dasbootbee]

Python 3.10 installed from Windows Store
Buku 4.7.1 installed via pip

First issue: Once installed via pip, the path is not updated to the scripts directory so running "buku" on the command line results in the following error:

buku: The term 'buku' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

Running the executable from the scripts directory results in the following error:

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\Scripts> .\buku.exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\buku.py", line 57, in
import readline
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'readline'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\Scripts\buku-script.py", line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point('buku==4.7.1', 'console_scripts', 'buku')())
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\Scripts\buku-script.py", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point
return next(matches).load()
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.3056.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\importlib\metadata_init_.py", line 171, in load
module = import_module(match.group('module'))
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.3056.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\importlib_init_.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "", line 1050, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1027, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 688, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 883, in exec_module
File "", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\buku.py", line 59, in
import pyreadline as readline # type: ignore
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pyreadline'

[jarun]

Probably we don't install it to the PATH. So you may have to create a shortcut.

The second error is because pyreadline is not installed on your setup. pyreadline3 is a requirement for buku.

@dertuxmalwieder @rachmadaniHaryono could you please have a look?

[LeXofLeviafan]

Release 4.7.1 is dated Jul 2, 2022.
Windows installation fixes were added in Jan 2023.
There's a newer release but it doesn't seem to be on PyPI. I believe pip supports installing packages from downloaded source archives though.

As for PATH, it's not normally managed by Python packages; if the Windows Python installer did not update it to include the required directory, you may need to update it yourself.
…Alternatively, you may try using pipx – it's intended for installing Python application packages, and it appears to include a utility for fixing PATH issues (at least those related to pipx functionality).

[dertuxmalwieder]

So… nothing to do for me? ;-)

[dasbootbee]

This worked:

python -m pip install https://github.com/jarun/buku/archive/refs/tags/v4.8.zip

I do not see the previous errors using this version.

pipx is indeed the way to go:

python -m pip install --user pipx
pipx ensurepath <-- Ensures the whacky Windows Store Python scripts directory is added to PATH
pipx install https://github.com/jarun/buku/archive/refs/tags/v4.8.zip

Now just running 'buku' from anywhere works.