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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @RynoRoe
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      @RynoRoe said in dbar4gun: new Wii remote userspace driver as lightgun:

      Could not successfully install dbargun - dbargun is a Linux userspace driver for the wiimote with DolphinBar support.

      The previous messages are showing the actual error. Try to post them also, along with the your setup info as requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

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        RynoRoe @mitu
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        @mitu ok I’m running the newest install of retropie on a pi3 while running usb rom service with all my roms on an external drive. Here is the log file text:

        Log started at: Sun 12 Jan 21:46:24 GMT 2025

        RetroPie-Setup version: 4.8.9 (86607a2c)
        System: rpi3 (armv7l) - Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) - Linux retropie 5.10.103-v7+ #1529 SMP Tue Mar 8 12:21:37 GMT 2022 armv7l GNU/Linux

        = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
        Installing dependencies for 'dbar4gun' : dbar4gun is a Linux userspace driver for the wiimote with DolphinBar support.
        = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

        /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun /home/pi

        = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
        Getting sources for 'dbar4gun' : dbar4gun is a Linux userspace driver for the wiimote with DolphinBar support.
        = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

        git clone --recursive --depth 1 --shallow-submodules --branch master "https://github.com/lowlevel-1989/dbar4gun" "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun"
        Cloning into '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun'...
        HEAD is now in branch 'master' at commit '94f3312cab0c2105c1797069407f3a51607b3bdd'
        /home/pi
        /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun /home/pi
        /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/dbar4gun.sh: line 28: virtualenv: command not found
        /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/dbar4gun.sh: line 29: /opt/retropie/supplementary/dbar4gun/bin/activate: No such file or directory
        Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://www.piwheels.org/simple
        Processing /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun
        Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
        Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
        File "/tmp/pip-req-build-a9rpexj5/setup.py", line 5, in <module>
        import dbar4gun
        File "/tmp/pip-req-build-a9rpexj5/dbar4gun/init.py", line 14, in <module>
        from dbar4gun import calibration
        File "/tmp/pip-req-build-a9rpexj5/dbar4gun/calibration/init.py", line 1, in <module>
        from dbar4gun.calibration.base import CalibrationBase
        File "/tmp/pip-req-build-a9rpexj5/dbar4gun/calibration/base.py", line 12, in <module>
        class CalibrationBase(object):
        File "/tmp/pip-req-build-a9rpexj5/dbar4gun/calibration/base.py", line 45, in CalibrationBase
        acc : tuple[int, int, int]) -> tuple[bool, int]:
        TypeError: 'type' object is not subscriptable

        ----------------------------------------
        

        Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-req-build-a9rpexj5/
        /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/dbar4gun.sh: line 31: deactivate: command not found
        Could not successfully install dbar4gun - dbar4gun is a Linux userspace driver for the wiimote with DolphinBar support. (/opt/retropie/supplementary/dbar4gun/bin/dbar4gun not found).
        /home/pi

        Log ended at: Sun 12 Jan 21:46:34 GMT 2025
        Total running time: 0 hours, 0 mins, 10 secs

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @RynoRoe
          last edited by mitu

          @RynoRoe said in dbar4gun: new Wii remote userspace driver as lightgun:

          /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/dbar4gun.sh: line 28: virtualenv: command not found
          /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/dbar4gun.sh: line 29: /opt/retropie/supplementary/dbar4gun/bin/activate: No such file or directory
          Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://www.piwheels.org/simple

          OK, I see the error. Should be fixable - I'll take a look at it.

          EDIT: it seems the new code is not compatible anymore with RaspiOS Buster and needs Python 3.8 as a minimum.

          @lowlevel1989 we can install the 0.13 version for older RaspiOS, before the calibration code was added - is that ok ?

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            RynoRoe @mitu
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            @mitu so does this mean I need to somehow install an older version of dbar4gun?

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @RynoRoe
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              @RynoRoe At the moment, yes.
              You can try this version of dbar4gun.sh which you can replace the $RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/dbar4gun.sh and re-try the installation. Make a backup of $HOME/RetroPie-Setup first, before replacing the file, and restore it afterwards.

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                zipstick
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                Hi, im really curious about this and wanting to try it out. If i understand correctly this will enable you to use two lightguns simultaneously? I have retropie setup on a Pi400 which only has 3 USB ports, and all mine are currently in use (2 controllers+ mouse). Would this work with the Dolphinbar connected through a USB dongle?
                @RynoRoe did you get this working with the older version ?

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @RynoRoe the installation should work now without futher modifications, just update RetroPie-Setup and re-try the installation.

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                    Chef Otis @mitu
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                    @mitu

                    I get the same errors as @RynoRoe , just on a rpi4 4.8.9

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @Chef Otis
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                      @Chef-Otis said in dbar4gun: new Wii remote userspace driver as lightgun:

                      I get the same errors as @RynoRoe , just on a rpi4 4.8.9

                      Are you fully up-to-date ?

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                        Chef Otis @mitu
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                        @mitu Yessir, always up to date and official

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @Chef Otis
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                          @Chef-Otis Please post the exact error message. The latest version shouldn't have that error anymore.

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                            Chef Otis @mitu
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                            @mitu ah yes, I see it now

                            Log started at: Mon 17 Feb 15:37:11 EST 2025

                            RetroPie-Setup version: 4.8.9 (38102024)
                            System: rpi4 (armv7l) - Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) - Linux retropie 5.10.103-v7l+ #1529 SMP Tue Mar 8 12:24:00 GMT 2022 armv7l GNU/Linux

                            = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
                            Installing dependencies for 'dbar4gun' : dbar4gun is a Linux userspace driver for the wiimote with DolphinBar support.
                            = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

                            /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun /home/pi

                            = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
                            Getting sources for 'dbar4gun' : dbar4gun is a Linux userspace driver for the wiimote with DolphinBar support.
                            = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

                            git clone --recursive --depth 1 --shallow-submodules --branch master "https://github.com/lowlevel-1989/dbar4gun" "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun"
                            Cloning into '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun'...
                            HEAD is now in branch 'master' at commit '45860d93fcc1d2d55e915c9352710685c791ffd8'
                            /home/pi
                            /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun /home/pi
                            The virtual environment was not created successfully because ensurepip is not
                            available. On Debian/Ubuntu systems, you need to install the python3-venv
                            package using the following command.

                            apt-get install python3-venv
                            

                            You may need to use sudo with that command. After installing the python3-venv
                            package, recreate your virtual environment.

                            Failing command: ['/opt/retropie/supplementary/dbar4gun/bin/python3', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']

                            /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/dbar4gun.sh: line 29: /opt/retropie/supplementary/dbar4gun/bin/activate: No such file or directory
                            /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/dbar4gun.sh: line 30: pip3: command not found
                            /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/dbar4gun.sh: line 31: deactivate: command not found
                            Could not successfully install dbar4gun - dbar4gun is a Linux userspace driver for the wiimote with DolphinBar support. (/opt/retropie/supplementary/dbar4gun/bin/dbar4gun not found).
                            /home/pi

                            Log ended at: Mon 17 Feb 15:37:13 EST 2025
                            Total running time: 0 hours, 0 mins, 2 secs

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator
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                              @Chef-Otis you have the latest version indeed, bu the error is puzzling since the package's dependencies specifically install python3-virtualenv and python3-dev. I can't reproduce it here.

                              What's the output of the locale -a command ? Did you change the system/user language ?

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                                Chef Otis @mitu
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                                @mitu

                                pi@retropie:~ $ locale -a
                                C
                                C.UTF-8
                                en_GB.utf8
                                POSIX

                                this is what I get with that command. I don't think I've change any sort of system/user language..

                                After applying apt-get install python3-venv I was able to install dbar4gun successfully, but I still can't actually get the wiimote working.

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                                  lowlevel1989 @Chef Otis
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                                  @Chef-Otis, have you followed the steps in the README? Were you able to start the service, or what issue are you facing exactly?

                                  I usually respond faster when the error is reported through this channel: GitHub Issues.

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