Python on bb10 - how to install modules/packages?

Hi guys,

Recently started to use python and discovered the 3.2 runtime. I can't see a way to install new libs. There's no pip or easy_install. I tried to install pip manually but it failed. I don't want to necessarily create BlackBerry apps, I just want to write python code on the go but use libraries like requests. Any ideas or help would be appreciated!

Cheers,
JP

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Maybe this is what you're looking for http://appworld.blackberry.com/webst...ntent/32880889

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Hey,

Thanks! I actually have that bought and installed. I'll delve into the documentation more. I would to be able to do it from bgshell pro terminal emulator so I can all the command line stuff.

Cheers,
JP

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Maybe have a look at this https://appworld.blackberry.com/webs...tent/26272878/ and this as well https://github.com/mordak/playbook-dev-tools

Regards

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Hey thanks again for the reply.

I'm trying to figure out how to use pip with the python runtime in bb10. Anyone know if it's possible?

Cheers,
JP

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thurask to the rescue please!

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Originally Posted by tollfeeder

thurask to the rescue please!

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Sure, why not.

What error came up when you tried to install pip manually? If you tried the latest (9.0.1), it doesn't support 3.2. You'll have to find an older version.

There is this older get-pip.py script for 3.2: https://bootstrap.pypa.io/3.2/get-pip.py

Hi Thurask,

I was executing that version actually. I'm using bgshell. I can copy out the error but I think the hashlib module is missing or maybe it's openssl related. When I run the script from the Helium app I downloaded I don't get any errors. I ran with --user since it doesn't allow me to execute otherwise. But I don't have a notion where pip got installed and it's not available from bgshell.


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I took a screen shot of partial output from bgshell.

Thanks,
JP

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I meant I can't copy from bgshell.

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Hi,

Here's the output from Helium. Like I said I user python --user when running this from within Helium.

Collecting pip<8
Using cached pip-7.1.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting setuptools
Using cached setuptools-34.3.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting wheel
Using cached wheel-0.29.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting packaging>=16.8 (from setuptools)
Using cached packaging-16.8-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting six>=1.6.0 (from setuptools)
Using cached six-1.10.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting appdirs>=1.4.0 (from setuptools)
Using cached appdirs-1.4.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting pyparsing (from packaging>=16.8->setuptools)
Using cached pyparsing-2.1.10-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: pip, six, pyparsing, packaging, appdirs, setuptools, wheel
Successfully installed appdirs packaging pip pyparsing setuptools six wheel

So it looks like it installed. But where?

Thanks,
JP

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I don't know for sure, but I think Helium's Python environment is inside Helium's private data directory, meaning it can't be accessed from other apps. If you import hashlib and check hashlib.algorithms_available from both Helium and bgshell you should get a reasonable result from Helium. That's why pip and other stuff could install.

Hi Thurask,

I reckon you're right there. I'll try what you said. I thought maybe it would become available within Helium by running a shell script but sadly it didn't work. Seems to me the python impl in BB10 isn't fully ported. Ah well. For now I'm pretty busy with stuff, I just thought it'd be handing to work on some projects on the go. On a separate note I'll certainly look into bb10 dev with python/cascades just for fun, have some projects in mind.

Thanks for your help and suggestions.

/JP

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Originally Posted by thurask

Sure, why not.

What error came up when you tried to install pip manually? If you tried the latest (9.0.1), it doesn't support 3.2. You'll have to find an older version.

There is this older get-pip.py script for 3.2: https://bootstrap.pypa.io/3.2/get-pip.py

Hello !

I tried get-pip.py ... but no success so far .. any clue ?

>./get-pip.py
Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
Collecting pip<8
Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pip<8 (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for pip<8
>
>uname -a
QNX Silver10 8.0.0 2018/02/21-10:54:19EST MSM8974AA_ES1.1_PVS7SB1_WINDERMERE4ROW_Rev:05 armle

Originally Posted by berradicted_fr

Hello !

I tried get-pip.py ... but no success so far .. any clue ?

>./get-pip.py
Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
Collecting pip<8
Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pip<8 (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for pip<8
>
>uname -a
QNX Silver10 8.0.0 2018/02/21-10:54:19EST MSM8974AA_ES1.1_PVS7SB1_WINDERMERE4ROW_Rev:05 armle

I'm not sure if the get-pip scripts for EOL Python versions (like 3.2) still work.