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I can't launch Aseba on Manjaro (based on Archlinux)

Aseba on Arch

olief 28 May 2015 21:15

Hi everybody!!

First, let me introduce myself : I'm Théo, in 2nd of Gymnasium, and I m doing my TM with Thymio (swarm robotics).

I got a brand new laptop, and decided to install Linux on it. I already used a lot Ubuntu and linux Mint, but I got a bit bored of them, and I wanted to discover something new, and I dont have enough time for Archlinux, so I decided to use Manjaro, probably a better choice for a newbie like me.

I really need Aseba for my TM, so I tried to compile it myself. I first got some issues, that I fixed by using the english instructions rather than the french ones. But I still can't launch it.

That's the compiling text:
http://paste2.org/U13UWgna

Then if I try to execute it (in aseba/build-aseba/clients/studio)
http://paste2.org/cMUEZFyL

Am I doing anything wrong?

I hope somebody could help me :)

Théo

Re: Aseba on Arch

StephaneMagnenat 29 May 2015 08:00

Hello,

There are two different problems:

1. Enki compilation: Arch is using Python 3 by default, and the Enki Python integration is using Python 2. I have opened an issue: https://github.com/enki-community/enki/issues/8, patches to Enki's build script are welcome! I am actually curious whether it is only a build problem and my bindings work with Python 3, or whether they do not.

1. Aseba crash: It seems Aseba links with Qt4, but uses Qt5 at run time. This makes the crash very natural. What is not natural is why this mismatch happens in the first place. Could you try to compile Aseba with make VERBOSE=1? Here as well, help is welcome to try to fix that, as I do not have this setup here currently.

Thanks for your post!

If you need Aseba right now, I suggest to install Ubuntu in a virtual machine such as virtualbox.

Last edited on 29 May 2015 08:02 by StephaneMagnenat Show more

Re: Aseba on Arch

olief 29 May 2015 20:57

Thank you for your answer!

So, I used Python2 as default (using this)

Then, I added VERBOSE =1, and that 's the result: http://paste2.org/em274JBz

I get the problem when trying to execute asebastudio. I tried thymioupgrader (in build-aseba/clients/thymioupgrader), there I get no problem, it works perfectly.

I finally decided to give a try to Windows 10, I have it in dualboot, so I can still work with my Thymios :D

Re: Aseba on Arch

StephaneMagnenat 27 Aug 2015 06:25

For the crash, it would be interesting to run asebastudio under gdb.

To do so, two things are required:

• Compile aseba in Debug mode (from CMake configuration tool)
• Run asebastudio under gdb and report the backtrace on crash.

Unfortunately, I do not have time now to give more detailed informations. But if you are "bored" and want to look around on the web how to do so, your contribution would be very welcome! :-)