Plugin install / uninstall problems

[barry.dezonia@…]

Hello,

I am using the Oct 19 daily build. I am developing a plugin that I am having install/uninstall issues with.

When I dev install my plugin it says "No bundles added" but then it says plugin was installed. My plugin is indeed in the Tools::General menu and it will run. When I "toolshed uninstall BphonTool" chimerax says my plugin was not found and thus not uninstalled. "BphonTool" is the name that is present in __init__.py (and maybe elsewhere). And the plugin is still in Tools::General submenu and runs fine.

I am now frequently using the command prompt and rm -rf to remove my plugin and all its dependenices from ~/.local/share/ChimeraX/1.7/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ and relevant subdirectories. This removes the plugin from the Tools::General section of the menus. I believe this is like starting with a "clean" setup.

So, how do I get the install program to not say "no bundles added"? Though seriously this is a pretty minor issue. But how do I get it to uninstall from within chimerax? This is a more serious issue.

Note that after install I have this in my .local directories:

~/.local/share/ChimeraX/1.7/lib/python3.11/site-packages:

    ChimeraX_BponTool-0.5.dist-info
    mdtraj
    mdtraj-1.9.9.dist-info
    traj2nmr-0.0.1-py3.11.egg

~/.local/share/ChimeraX/1.7/lib/python3.11/site-packages/chimerax:

    tut_tool_qt

      which is the copied directory name of my project

If it would help I can build a zip of my original plugin source (the directory tut-tool_qt) and send it to you. This will be pretty big because it contains some compiled binaries.

Let me know what you need from me. Thanks for your help.

[pett]

Greg will have to respond about the "No bundles installed" thing, but as for "toolshed uninstall" within ChimeraX, you need to use the name of your bundle as specified in your bundle_info.xml (or pyproject.toml) file, though without any leading "ChimeraX-", not the tool name from init.py. Use "toolshed list" to list all installed bundles and see what the toolshed thinks your bundle name is.

[barry.dezonia@…]

toolshed list shows this:

  BphonTool (0.5)

bundle-info.xml has this:

<BundleInfo name="ChimeraX-BphonTool"

            version="0.5" package="chimerax.tut_tool_qt"

            minSessionVersion="1" maxSessionVersion="1">

Now neither "toolshed uninstall BphonTool" nor "toolshed uninstall ChimeraX-BphonTool" removes the tool from the menu. It is present after a chimerax restart. And it runs.

Here is one uninstall attempt:

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toolshed uninstall BphonTool

unloading module chimerax.tut_tool_qt
Errors may have occurred when running pip:
pip standard error:
---
WARNING: Skipping ChimeraX-BphonTool as it is not installed.
---
pip standard output:
---
---

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Here is another uninstall attempt:

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toolshed uninstall ChimeraX-BphonTool

unloading module chimerax.tut_tool_qt
Errors may have occurred when running pip:
pip standard error:
---
WARNING: Skipping ChimeraX-BphonTool as it is not installed.
---
pip standard output:
---
---
No change in list of installed bundles

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To: gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu <gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu>; BARRY E DEZONIA <barry.dezonia@wisc.edu>
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Subject: Re: [ChimeraX] #10052: Plugin install / uninstall problems

#10052: Plugin install / uninstall problems
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          Reporter:  barry.dezonia@…  |      Owner:  Greg Couch
              Type:  defect           |     Status:  assigned
          Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  1.7
         Component:  Tool Shed        |    Version:
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           Project:  ChimeraX         |
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Comment (by pett):

 Greg will have to respond about the "No bundles installed" thing, but as
 for "toolshed uninstall" within ChimeraX, you need to use the name of your
 bundle as specified in your bundle_info.xml (or pyproject.toml) file,
 though without any leading "ChimeraX-", not the tool name from
 __init__.py.  Use "toolshed list" to list all installed bundles and see
 what the toolshed thinks your bundle name is.
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Ticket URL: <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/trac/ChimeraX/ticket/10052#comment:2>
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[Tom Goddard]

Duplicate of #9876 and #9877.

[Greg Couch]

This should be fixed in the next daily build (Oct 27 or later).