Missing cli module in ubuntu 23.10

[g1ronn1mo]

I tryed to add a new user by $ sudo howdy add

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/howdy", line 95, in <module>
    import cli.add
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cli'

Linux distribution (if applicable): Ubuntu 23.10

Howdy version (sudo howdy version): Howdy 2.6.1

I think that has something to do how the new ubuntu handels its python environment. I tried to install the cli package with pipx, but it did not find the module.

[JasonW41k3r]

Same problem as you, ubuntu 23.10

[2023323-MarcosOliveira]

Same here guys, Ubuntu 23.10, GNOME 45.

1. I tried:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:boltgolt/howdy
sudo apt update
sudo apt install howdy

2. Howdy found the IR emitters:

Starting certainty auto config...


After detection, Howdy knows how certain it is that the match is correct.
How certain Howdy needs to be before authenticating you can be customized.

F: Fast.
Allows more fuzzy matches, but speeds up the scanning process greatly.

B: Balanced.
Still relatively quick detection, but might not log you in when further away.

S: Secure.
The safest option, but will take much longer to authenticate you.

You can always change this setting in the config.
What profile would you like to use? [f/b/s]: f

Unpacking howdy (2.6.1) ...
Setting up howdy (2.6.1) ...

>>> Upgrading pip to the latest version

4. Then I got an error:

error: externally-managed-environment

× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install
    python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
    install.
    
    If you wish to install a non-Debian-packaged Python package,
    create a virtual environment using python3 -m venv path/to/venv.
    Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and path/to/venv/bin/pip. Make
    sure you have python3-full installed.
    
    If you wish to install a non-Debian packaged Python application,
    it may be easiest to use pipx install xyz, which will manage a
    virtual environment for you. Make sure you have pipx installed.
    
    See /usr/share/doc/python3.11/README.venv for more information.

note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation or OS distribution provider. You can override this, at the risk of breaking your
 Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.
hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.
Error while running last command
dpkg: error processing package howdy (--configure):
 installed howdy package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-3) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 howdy
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

5. Trying to config Howdy

marcos@oliveira:~$ sudo howdy config

sudo: howdy: command not found

6. But Howdy is installed ?!

marcos@marcos-oliveira:~$ whereis howdy

howdy: /usr/share/man/man1/howdy.1.gz

I am very new to Linux, and am I doing something wrong? I would like to have the same experience when I unlock my Windows, but now, using Linux, which is much much better then Windows.

[g1ronn1mo]

Got it running with ubuntu 23.10 without breakling any packages. 0. I dont know if this is necessary, but I did it.

sudo pip install -t /lib/security/howdy dlib   
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:boltgolt/howdy             
sudo apt update
sudo apt install howdy
sudo ln /lib/security/howdy/cli.py /usr/local/bin/howdy

Maybe it is easier to follow the instructions on https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy/pull/814. for the installation if the dlib library.

1. download the deb12 packages from: https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy/pull/814
2. install them with right click
3. sudo howdy config and change the line starting with device path to: device_path = /dev/video0
4. sudo howdy add

Let me know if this is working for you.

[KeysBit]

Not compeletly work. The command sudo ln /lib/security/howdy/cli.py /usr/local/bin/howdy change the relative diretory of cli.py so the import in python cannot detect the true module path so I only can run howdy by sudo /lib/security/howdy/cli.py... That`s really stupid, or maybe I cannot use python well...

[KeysBit]

Not compeletly work. The command sudo ln /lib/security/howdy/cli.py /usr/local/bin/howdy change the relative diretory of cli.py so the import in python cannot detect the true module path so I only can run howdy by sudo /lib/security/howdy/cli.py... That`s really stupid, or maybe I cannot use python well...

Update: Trying to add sys.path.append('/lib/security/howdy') in cli.py after import sys got everything worked.

[GamerClassN7]

Any news ?

[jarda15]

For me worked sudo /usr/local/bin/python3 -m pip install numpy opencv-python if still not working try ls /usr/local/bin/ and see which python u have installed and then repeat with other version. Like this sudo /usr/local/bin/put_your_python -m pip install numpy opencv-python