Installing fails

[HandSomeNissan]

This is the error, i looked up in the issues and it seems most of the issues are from having another python on the steam deck but i dont have any, not sure what could be causing this: Downloading waydroid image from sourceforge.
This can take a few seconds to a few minutes depending on the internet connection and the speed of the sourceforge mirror.
Sometimes it connects to a slow sourceforge mirror and the downloads are slow -. This is beyond my control!
If the downloads are slow due to a slow sourceforge mirror - cancel the script (CTL-C) and run it again.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/waydroid", line 7, in
import tools
File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/init.py", line 8, in
import dbus.mainloop.glib
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dbus'
Waydroid did not initialize correctly.
This could be a hash mismatch / corrupted download.
This could also be a python issue. Attach this screenshot when filing a bug report!
Output of whereis python - python: /usr/bin/python
Output of which python - /usr/bin/python
Output of python version - Python 3.11.7
Something went wrong! Performing cleanup. Run the script again to install waydroid.
Cleanup completed. Please open an issue on the GitHub repo or leave a comment on the YT channel - 10MinuteSteamDeckGamer.

In addition, it said something about gpg agent being outdated by one version or something. SteamOS is also on the latest stable version.

[HandSomeNissan]

Full error: SteamOS Waydroid Installer Script by ryanrudolf
https://github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamOS-Waydroid-Installer
YT - 10MinuteSteamDeckGamer
Script is running in Desktop Mode.
Checking if kernel is supported.
SteamOS 3.6.20 - kernel version 6.5.0-valve22-1-neptune-65 is supported. Proceed to next step.
Checking if home partition has enough free space
home partition has 103048512 free space.
home partition has enough free space.
Checking if var partition has enough free space
var partition has 201381 free space.
var partition has enough free space.
Please enter current sudo password:
Checking if the sudo password is correct.
Sudo password is good!
Cloning casualsnek repo.
This can take a few minutes depending on the speed of the internet connection and if github is having issues.
If the git clone is slow - cancel the script (CTL-C) and run it again.
Casualsnek repo has been successfully cloned!
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.4.4 < 2.4.5)
gpg: Note: Outdated servers may lack important security fixes.
gpg: Note: Use the command "gpgconf --kill all" to restart them.
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.4.4 < 2.4.5)
gpg: Note: Outdated servers may lack important security fixes.
gpg: Note: Use the command "gpgconf --kill all" to restart them.
==> Appending keys from archlinux.gpg...
==> Appending keys from holo.gpg...
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.4.4 < 2.4.5)
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.4.4 < 2.4.5)
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.4.4 < 2.4.5)
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.4.4 < 2.4.5)
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.4.4 < 2.4.5)
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.4.4 < 2.4.5)
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.4.4 < 2.4.5)
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.4.4 < 2.4.5)
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.4.4 < 2.4.5)
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.4.4 < 2.4.5)
==> Updating trust database...
gpg: next trustdb check due at 2025-01-25
pacman keyring has been initialized!
Binder kernel module not found or not up to date! Installing binder!
Binder kernel module has been installed!
waydroid and cage has been installed!
Downloading waydroid image from sourceforge.
This can take a few seconds to a few minutes depending on the internet connection and the speed of the sourceforge mirror.
Sometimes it connects to a slow sourceforge mirror and the downloads are slow -. This is beyond my control!
If the downloads are slow due to a slow sourceforge mirror - cancel the script (CTL-C) and run it again.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/waydroid", line 7, in
import tools
File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/init.py", line 8, in
import dbus.mainloop.glib
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dbus'
Waydroid did not initialize correctly.
This could be a hash mismatch / corrupted download.
This could also be a python issue. Attach this screenshot when filing a bug report!
Output of whereis python - python: /usr/bin/python
Output of which python - /usr/bin/python
Output of python version - Python 3.11.7
Something went wrong! Performing cleanup. Run the script again to install waydroid.
Cleanup completed. Please open an issue on the GitHub repo or leave a comment on the YT channel - 10MinuteSteamDeckGamer.

[agilgur5]

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dbus'

Possibly a duplicate of #165 (and #187)?

[HandSomeNissan]

Possibly a duplicate of #165 (and #187)?

Maybe but I still don't know how to fix it. Don't really know what to do.

[ryanrudolfoba]

This is not an issue related to the script. This points out to the python and dependencies installed on your system.

Unfortunately I dont have a fix for this as I havent encountered this eversince I started writing this waydroid installer script.

[agilgur5]

For reference, all the Python issues can be resolved upstream by casualsnek/waydroid_script#204.

It seems like casualsnek hasn't made a commit in a year though (see also casualsnek/waydroid_script#208). I'm considering forking it to update it and improve it as such, but the Waydroid ecosystem has had a lot of unmaintained tooling unfortunately (like Anbox before it. See also waydroid/waydroid#1553), so I'm wondering if that's even worthwhile/manageable long-term 😕

[ryanrudolfoba]

For reference, all the Python issues can be resolved upstream by casualsnek/waydroid_script#204.

It seems like casualsnek hasn't made a commit in a year though (see also casualsnek/waydroid_script#208). I'm considering forking it to update it and improve it as such, but the Waydroid ecosystem has had a lot of unmaintained tooling unfortunately (like Anbox before it. See also waydroid/waydroid#1553), so I'm wondering if that's even worthwhile/manageable long-term 😕

For the OP his error is way before casualsnek script is called. His error happens during waydroid initialization - python errors out and waydroid is not able to initialize and grab the image from sourceforge. Script bails out and performs cleanup.

[agilgur5]

Oh is it? My bad, I misread the log, I thought that was in the casualsnek's script's Python code and saw the log Casualsnek repo has been successfully cloned! before the error.

I see now that the casualsnek repo isn't used till later and that this specific error ends up happening during waydroid init. Thanks for the correction Ryan! Let me know if I got/get anything else wrong!

That does mean that the casualsnek clone could be moved later down to be a bit more efficient in the error case (as in, don't download it until waydroid init succeeded).
And that the error is upstream in Waydroid itself, meaning that waydroid init is relying on a Python dep being properly installed by the user instead of packaging it itself. Looks like this is caused by waydroid/waydroid#915 then

[ryanrudolfoba]

Yes that sounds about right.

[HandSomeNissan]

Well, i guess ill try to factory reset my deck and see if that works

[agilgur5]

Well, i guess ill try to factory reset my deck and see if that works

@HandSomeNissan you can try to pip install dbus-python per the upstream issue, but pacman should auto-install it from the AUR manifest as it's in the deps.
And since you don't have multiple Python envs (at least the script didn't detect it), I wouldn't think it was installed elsewhere, so not really sure why your Deck isn't finding it 😕

Yes that sounds about right.

Thanks for the confirmation Ryan!
Btw, if you want, you can give me collaborator access and I can help triage, format, organize, label, re-title, etc issues I know the answers to as well as help code review (like I am in #220).

[HandSomeNissan]

@HandSomeNissan you can try to pip install dbus-python per the upstream issue, but pacman should auto-install it from the AUR manifest as it's in the deps. And since you don't have multiple Python envs (at least the script didn't detect it), I wouldn't think it was installed elsewhere, so not really sure why your Deck isn't finding it 😕

Seems like theres no pip command? isnt Python preinstalled on the deck though, so there should be pip?

[agilgur5]

Yea I would think so in most cases 👀 And you do have Python installed per your logs.

You can try python -m pip install dbus-python instead if pip isn't on $PATH; that'll use the current Python executable's pip module more directly.

If that doesn't work either, can also try installing pip with python -m ensurepip --upgrade per the first link