ImportError: No module named MediaInfoDLL about nemo-mediainfo-tab HOT 25 CLOSED

I've just got this to work on Arch. I don't like putting stuff that doesn't belong to a package in /usr, so I did everything in my home. This is what I did (create the directories if they don't exist):

wget -O ~/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MediaInfoDLL.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MediaArea/MediaInfoLib/master/Source/MediaInfoDLL/MediaInfoDLL.py
wget -O ~/.local/share/nemo-python/extensions/nemo-mediainfo-tab.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linux-man/nemo-mediainfo-tab/master/nemo-extension/nemo-mediainfo-tab.py
sed -i 's,/usr/bin/python,/usr/bin/python2,'  ~/.local/share/nemo-python/extensions/nemo-mediainfo-tab.py
nemo -q

Seems to work fine so far, if I find time I'll add this package and python-mediainfodll to the AUR.

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Good. It looks like you solved your issue.
Since you had all this trouble, there are 2 nemo-mediainfo-tab forks that you can package with minimum changes: nautilus-mediainfo and caja-mediainfo-tab.
Even if you aren't up to create those packages, the python-mediainfodll is essential to all of them, so thank you a lot for your work.

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@yochananmarqos Awesome, great job! I will go ahead and install your packages, much better than having stuff in my $HOME for sure \o/ I'll report any issue/remark on the AUR directly. If you wish, you can add me as a co-maintainer, my AUR username is Corax.

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Try to install python-pymediainfo package.

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I have python2-pymediainfo installed. python-pymediainfo is for python 3.7.

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It looks like the official python binding was not packaged on Arch. pymediainfo is a different project.
Can you try to add MediaInfoDLL.py to
a) the extension folder (you'll probably need to change import to relative like "from .MediaInfoDLL import *")
or
b) the python packages folder - on Debian is at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/

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I tried installing nemo-mediainfo-tab.py and MediaInfoDLL.py to /usr/share/nemo-mediainfo-tab and symlinking nemo-mediainfo-tab.py to /usr/share/nemo-python/extensions. Changing from MediaInfoDLL import * to from .MediaInfoDLL import * made no difference.

I don't have a /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages folder.
$ tree /usr/lib/python2.7

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That would be great!

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@Corax26 How's this PKGBUILD for now? I don't think makepkg will allow installing to $HOME.

pkgname=nemo-mediainfo-tab
pkgver=0.2
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="View media information from the properties tab"
arch=('any')
url="https://github.com/linux-man/nemo-mediainfo-tab"
license=('GPL3')
depends=('libmediainfo' 'nemo-python')
provides=('nemo-mediainfo-tab')
source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::$url/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MediaArea/MediaInfoLib/master/Source/MediaInfoDLL/MediaInfoDLL.py")
md5sums=('b0fbb2ac22ef1dec43fa257eae6d4a44'
         'a0a28b4f54082cbf28fe9c0d405775a8')

prepare() {
    sed -i 's,/usr/bin/python,/usr/bin/python2,' ${pkgname}-${pkgver}/nemo-extension/${pkgname}.py
}

package() {
    install -D -m644 ${pkgname}-${pkgver}/nemo-extension/${pkgname}.py ${pkgdir}/usr/share/nemo-python/extensions/${pkgname}.py
    install -D -m644 MediaInfoDLL.py ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MediaInfoDLL.py
}

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Looks fine, but shouldn't python-mediainfodll be another package?

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Yes, but I'm not sure what to use as the source. I want to avoid downloading the whole MediaInfoLib project just for one file. Or just use the one file as the source? It looks like that's all that's in the Debian package.

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Just use the py file with a dependency on libmediainfo.

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@yochananmarqos Sure, putting stuff in your $HOME is appropriate when doing things manually, but packaged stuff must go to the system-wide locations ( so /usr). As @linux-man said, python-mediainfodll must be a separate package. Don't forget to add the relevant license file as well. The easiest approach is to base your PKGBUILD on an existing Python package, for instance: https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/python-appdirs

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I also notice that most PKGBUILD creators use the zip of releases or tags to have some control of the version.

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Indeed, a normal package has a static version so the sources must be a release. There are also -git packages that check out the git repo directly and generate a version from the HEAD commit, but as long as you release regularly, that shouldn't be needed :) BTW, forgot to thank you @linux-man, this plugin is actually clearer than MediaInfo's HTML view, and I'm impressed by how straightforward the code is :D

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Something like this then?

pkgname=python-mediainfodll
_pkgname=MediaInfoLib
pkgver=18.05
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="library for reading metadata from media files -- shared library"
arch=('any')
url="https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfoLib"
license=('BSD 2-Clause')
depends=('libmediainfo')
provides=('python-mediainfodll')
source=("$_pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::$url/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz")
md5sums=('59e9523c472a77f5b23ca3c072595161')

package() {
    install -Dm644 ${_pkgname}-${pkgver}/Source/MediaInfoDLL/MediaInfoDLL.py ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MediaInfoDLL.py
    install -Dm644 ${_pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE ${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
}

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Thank you @Corax26. I guess I like to KISS 😃
@yochananmarqos I'm really not the right person to validate your PKGBUILD... you need an ARCH power user.

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I think I'll go ahead and add both packages to the AUR. If either of you @linux-man @Corax26 want to be a contributor, give me your username & email address (optional) and I'll add you. I'll add the links when they're up.

EDIT: They're up: nemo-mediainfo tab & python-mediainfodll

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You know what just dawned on me after uploading python-mediainfodll? It will work with both Python 2 & 3, so now python-mediainfodll is for Python 3 and python2-mediainfodll is for Python 2. Both nautilus-mediainfo and caja-mediainfo-tab are now also in the AUR.

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Great work! About python-mediainfodll/python2-mediainfodll, I would add dependencies to python/python2 just because it makes sense.
Fell free to close the issue if everything is working.
Thank you again. 🥇

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Whoops! I can't believe I forgot to add python to the dependencies. Fixed it.

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@Corax26 I added you as a Co-Maintainer for all 5 packages. There probably won't be much maintaining to do; however if you see a way to improve anything feel free.

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@yochananmarqos Cool! I'm only using nemo-medainfo-tab and python2-mediainfodll so I'm unlikely to look at the others, but if needed I can help with them as well.

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@yochananmarqos @Corax26 nemo-mediainfo-tab is out-of-date.

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@linux-man Whoops, missed that one. Done!

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