Lean game maker on Windows

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[Christian Kolker]

I am having trouble with getting lean game maker to work on my windows device. When I try to run the command make-lean-game it says the that command is not found. Anything that can help me?

[Chris Birkbeck]

How did you install it?

[Eric Wieser]

It looks like its not really properly setup for windows installation, as it does not use entrypoints

[Kevin Buzzard]

(I only ever used it on linux)

[Chris Birkbeck]

I did it on windows, but used a the Ubuntu WSL.

[Christian Kolker]

I installed pynev, nodejs, and gettext on my computer. Also, I have the Lean game maker file on my computer. So, when I try to run the command make-lean-game it says that the command is not found.

[Eric Wieser]

Yeah, I think this needs redoing for windows support. I can make a patch if you're willing to test it

[Christian Kolker]

Yes I am willing to test it

[Eric Wieser]

https://github.com/mpedramfar/Lean-game-maker/pull/30

[Eric Wieser]

Are you using that repo or this one? https://github.com/mmasdeu/Lean-game-maker

[Christian Kolker]

I am using the second link mmaseu

[Eric Wieser]

I guess I'll make the PR for both?

[Christian Kolker]

I think that would work for the best

[Christian Kolker]

For clarification, I am assuming PR is patch request?

[Eric Wieser]

https://github.com/mmasdeu/Lean-game-maker/pull/2/files

[Eric Wieser]

Pull request

[Christian Kolker]

okay thank you that makes sense

[Eric Wieser]

Chris Birkbeck said:

How did you install it?

I'm not sure you ever answered this question

[Eric Wieser]

Christian Kolker said:

Also, I have the Lean game maker file on my computer.

Did you install those files somehow, or just put them on your computer?

[Christian Kolker]

Step by step, I used anaconda to make sure I have all the necessary python tools and packages, as recommended by other posts. I installed pynev and nodejs on my computer, I think i have gettext installed properly. Then, I cloned the git repository for the Lean game maker file and installed it into my computer. I have the all the folder in my computer because I installed everything

[Eric Wieser]

and installed it into my computer

This was the step it sounded like you missed. I assume you followed the install instructions telling you to pip install -e . then, right?

[Eric Wieser]

Either way; did my patched version work?

[Christian Kolker]

I tried pip install -e . and it didn't work.

[Christian Kolker]

Also, how do I use your patched version to run?

[Eric Wieser]

Christian Kolker said:

I tried pip install -e . and it didn't work.

Did it give an error message?

[Eric Wieser]

Christian Kolker said:

Also, how do I use your patched version to run?

You'll need to clone my fork and checkout the branch that that PR refers to

[Julian Berman]

Or just pip install git+'https://github.com/eric-wieser/Lean-game-maker@entry_points-mmasdeu' but depending on the error message you still may have what to fix.

[Christian Kolker]

Yes, the error message says pip : command not found

[Eric Wieser]

It would have helped if you'd told us that information much earlier! If you skip steps in install instructions because they don't work, then those are the first things you should look at when you find the installation is broken. If you didn't run that command successfully, then you didn't install it at all.

[Christian Kolker]

I really thought everything was working correctly. I will go back and review every step to see if i did everything correctly

[Chris Birkbeck]

I recommend using the Ubuntu WSL and following the steps using that. That worked for me, the only change I had to made was to use sudo pip install -e . instead.