PyTango installation failed

# 4 years ago
otache	Hi, I didn't reach to install my favorite PyTango on ubuntu. The documentation said : sudo apt-get install python-pytango ->don't work, no package python-pytango on pip : pip3 install PyTango -> don't work failed building wheel for PyTango I installed numpy & boost sudo apt install libboost-all-dev failed again tried to install from the sources and now couldn't find tango.h I don't understand, it was so simple before… Olivier

# 4 years ago

Hi,
I didn't reach to install my favorite PyTango smile

on ubuntu.
The documentation said :
sudo apt-get install python-pytango ->don't work, no package python-pytango

on pip :
pip3 install PyTango -> don't work
failed building wheel for PyTango

I installed numpy & boost
sudo apt install libboost-all-dev
failed again

tried to install from the sources
and now couldn't find tango.h
smile

I don't understand, it was so simple before…
Olivier

# 4 years ago
Andy	Hi Olivier, doesn't sound right! Which Ubuntu are you trying it on? Andy

# 4 years ago
otache	Hi Andy, ubuntu 20.04 LTS I can try on the previous version. Olivier

# 4 years ago
otache	It seems this is a problem with PyTango & Ubuntu 20. I reached to install pytango on Ubuntu 18 simply with : apt install python-pytango #no problem I also tried the python 3 version: apt install python3-pytango #no problem go back to Ubuntu 20 : python3-pytango package exist but version is not good.

# 4 years ago
daneos	Hi Olivier, Just checked this, and it seems that the package is now called python3-tango. I was able to install PyTango on a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 installation with `sudo apt install python3-tango` This installs PyTango 9.3.0. I don't know however why the package name was changed. If you want a newer version you can install it from pip, you need libboost-python-dev (for boost-python binding) and libtango-dev (for tango.h and Tango itself). `sudo apt install libboost-python-dev libtango-dev sudo pip3 install pytango` This works for PyTango 9.3.2. I didn't try with the sources, but I suppose the requirements are the same as for pip installation. For python2, it seems there is no pytango package and not even pip2 package in the Ubuntu repositories. Hope this helps! Grzegorz

# 4 years ago

daneos

Hi Olivier,
Just checked this, and it seems that the package is now called python3-tango.
I was able to install PyTango on a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 installation with

sudo apt install python3-tango

This installs PyTango 9.3.0.
I don't know however why the package name was changed.

If you want a newer version you can install it from pip, you need libboost-python-dev (for boost-python binding) and libtango-dev (for tango.h and Tango itself).

sudo apt install libboost-python-dev libtango-dev
sudo pip3 install pytango

This works for PyTango 9.3.2.

I didn't try with the sources, but I suppose the requirements are the same as for pip installation.

For python2, it seems there is no pytango package and not even pip2 package in the Ubuntu repositories.

Hope this helps!
Grzegorz

# 4 years ago
jan	Hi, On ubuntu 20.04 we have cppTango 9.2.5 and python3-tango 9.3.0. To my undestanding the packaging is broken because 9.3 may not to work with 9.2. One can try to fix it by installing cpptango 9.3 from conda but it is not so convinient. Bests, Jan

# 4 years ago
daneos	Hi Jan, Indeed the cppTango version is 9.2.5 and PyTango is 9.3.0 or 9.3.2 (from pip), but for a simple test (just messing around with TangoTest device) I didn't notice any problems.