Unable to use xPath commands

[ethanwebster-seekout]

• Installed xPath via PackageControl
• Restarted Sublime to ensure installation completed
• Opened a valid .xml file
• When trying to copy xpath, the option to do so is greyed out

• Looked in Sublime Console and see the following

File "/Users/ethanwebster/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text/Installed Packages/xpath.sublime-package/xpath.py", line 4, in <module> ImportError: No module named 'lxml' reloading plugin Default.keymap reloading plugin Default.kill_ring reloading plugin Default.mark reloading plugin Default.new_templates reloading plugin Default.open_context_url reloading plugin Default.open_in_browser reloading plugin Default.pane reloading plugin Default.paragraph reloading plugin Default.paste_from_history reloading plugin Default.profile reloading plugin Default.quick_panel reloading plugin Default.rename reloading plugin Default.run_syntax_tests reloading plugin Default.save_on_focus_lost reloading plugin Default.scroll reloading plugin Default.set_unsaved_view_name reloading plugin Default.settings reloading plugin Default.show_scope_name reloading plugin Default.side_bar reloading plugin Default.sort reloading plugin Default.switch_file reloading plugin Default.symbol reloading plugin Default.transform reloading plugin Default.transpose reloading plugin Default.ui reloading plugin CSS.css_completions reloading plugin Diff.diff reloading plugin HTML.encode_html_entities reloading plugin HTML.html_completions reloading plugin Package Control.plugin reloading plugin Pretty JSON.PrettyJson reloading plugin Pretty JSON.PrettyJsonListeners plugins loaded Package Control: The library "lxml" is not available for Python 3.3 on this platform, or this version of Sublime Text Package Control: Skipping automatic upgrade, last run at 2024-11-05 07:00:33, next run at 2024-11-05 15:00:33 or after Unable to open /Users/ethanwebster/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text/Packages/xpath/xpath.sublime-settings

[keith-hall]

Thanks for reporting. It looks like lxml (the Python package the xpath functionality relies on) is unavailable for Python 3.3 on Apple Silicon: eerohele/sublime-lxml#11
But we can try opting in to the Python 3.8 plugin host. You can try creating a .python-version file in your Packages/xpath folder with 3.8 as the contents of said file, and restart ST after running Package Control: Satisfy libraries in the Command Palette.

[ethanwebster-seekout]

Thanks Keith. This is on my work computer and looks like I do not have access to that file structure, so I don't think I will be able to make this change. Feel free to close.

[keith-hall]

I took the time to investigate and experiment a bit. I have made some changes which should fix this in #46 - you'll just need to wait for the next release of this package :)

[ethanwebster-seekout]

You are a huge help Keith and thank you. I'll be watching for the release and report back.

[rosshadden]

#46 is merged. Thanks @keith-hall

[keith-hall]

Thanks. Waiting for wbond/package_control_channel#8999 to get merged, then Package Control's crawler will pick up the new release.

[keith-hall]

The latest release of this plugin is available on Package Control now btw. Package Control should upgrade it automatically for you, but if not, try the Package Control: Upgrade Package entry in the Command Palette. You may find you still need to do some manual steps to get it working: https://github.com/rosshadden/sublime-xpath?tab=readme-ov-file#mac
Restarting ST after upgrading xpath or lxml is advised.

[ethanwebster-seekout]

I followed those steps and also had to run the command echo "alias python=/usr/bin/python3" >> ~/.zshrc. However, when I go to copy the build file, there is no 'Sublime Text' folder structure inside of 'Application Support'.

[keith-hall]

Hmm, if you have Sublime Text open, and you go to the Sublime Text menu -> Settings -> Browse Packages, where does that take you? Going up one level from there should present you with the Lib subfolder