Installation issue - python as a dependency

A fresh manual installation depends on python

Environment

• I am using Node.js v10.x LTS or higher
• npm install or yarn reports success
• Actual Node.js version v10.16.3
• Operating system: Ubuntu 18.04 in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) - Windows 10
• Revision 3ec6cfd

Expected behavior When running npm install, installation should complete as normal. However, python is an unlisted dependency and there should either be a check for python before installation or it should be in the documentation as a dependency.

Actual behavior npm install fails with gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable.

Steps to reproduce Fresh, minimal linux - follow the docs to install enigma-bbs manually without first installing python.

[davestephens]

Maybe we could put down pyenv as a dependency and force a specific version? Maybe a little heavy handed though as I’m not sure this has come up before?

On Tue, 1 Oct 2019, 16:28 Bryan Ashby, [e-mail] wrote:

Python is a particularly sticky subject with some OS’s as it’s part of their core & accidentally installing a different flavor can be very bad. Will look into either way.

Side note: You may want to consider the 0.0.10-alpha branch vs current 0.0.9-alpha.

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[NuSkooler]

install.sh now checks for various compatible Python installations and prompts if it can’t find one.