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Hi all.
I am using Arch Linux with Crossover Games. Before 1 week Arch Linux changed to python3. Since /usr/bin/python will now point to the 3.x binary, any program requiring 2.x needs to point to /usr/bin/python2 instead.
Problem: I can't recompile the python guis, because there is no source. ;) Is there any way to use my crossover again?

Check your package system for a tool to let you switch which Python is the default. For example, in MacPorts, there's a python_select package to install a tool to let you switch it.

If there's no such package, you can do the switch manually by replacing /usr/bin/python with a symlink to /usr/bin/python2. I have no idea what that might break, though. (Similar to how Arch Linux's decision to switch to Python 3 breaks CrossOver and any other Python 2.x software.)

If changing /usr/bin/python isn't an option, you can edit the Python scripts installed as part of CrossOver. Replace each instance of "/usr/bin/python" with "/usr/bin/python2". Tedious, but should work.

I know none of these is an ideal solution. They're just possible interim workarounds. We're aware of the issue and have a bug entered into our bug tracker about it.

Thx. I managed it with a sed command... (http://allanmcrae.com/2010/10/big-python-transition-in-arch-linux/).
Now Crossover is running, but i can't install the new CrossOver Games 9.2. Where does Crossover Installer extract his files. So I can run the sed command again.

K. I managed it. I made a link for python2 to python. Then I installed CrossOver. After that I made the old link python3 to python. Now i am running the sed command. ;)

ying wrote:

K. I managed it. I made a link for python2 to python. Then I
installed CrossOver. After that I made the old link python3 to
python. Now i am running the sed command. ;)

Can you share how you "made a system link" I'm facing the same issue sadly.

Thats easy.

sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python

Then install CrossOver. Now don't forgett to relink the new python3:

sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python

Now go into /opt/cxgames/bin and run this 2 commands with root access:

sed -i -e "s|#![ ]*/usr/bin/python$|#!/usr/bin/python2|" *
sed -i -e "s|#![ ]*/usr/bin/env python$|#!/usr/bin/env python2|" *

No go into /opt/cxgames/lib/python and run this 2 commands:

sed -i -e "s|#![ ]*/usr/bin/python$|#!/usr/bin/python2|" *.py
sed -i -e "s|#![ ]*/usr/bin/env python$|#!/usr/bin/env python2|" *.py

Everything is working for me. ;)

You should find the de-packaged files of the installer in /tmp/<something> dir. No need to do symlinks, just apply the sed commands!

Adriano Moura wrote:

You should find the de-packaged files of the installer in
/tmp/<something> dir. No need to do symlinks, just apply the sed
commands!

Everytime a new crossover version comes out do I have to apply this sed commands?

Assuming the new version of CrossOver doesn't include a fix for the issue, then yes, you'd have to reapply the changes.

Hi,

I put together the commands from rmhz into a bash script as there was no fix for this issue in the latest upgrade.

Hopefully it's of some help to someone.
Alex

#######################################################
# MUST BE ROOT WITH X_WINDOWS ACCESS (E.G. USING "sux")
# TO RUN THIS INSTALL SCRIPT FOR A SYSTEM-WIDE INSTALL
#######################################################

#! /bin/sh

# temporaily switch from default python3 install to pythin2
ln -sf /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python

# install crossover (the .bin package will need to be changed for a different version)
# the rest of the script assumes your are installing in "/opt/cxoffice"
sh install-crossover-pro-10.0.0.bin

# make sure to re-link back to python3 as default python or you will
# banjax your system (or at least those parts that depend on python)
sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python

# make all references to python in "bin" and "lib/python" 
# directories be explicit to python2
cd /opt/cxoffice/bin
sed -i -e "s|#![ ]*/usr/bin/python$|#!/usr/bin/python2|" *
sed -i -e "s|#![ ]*/usr/bin/env python$|#!/usr/bin/env python2|" *
cd /opt/cxoffice/lib/python
sed -i -e "s|#![ ]*/usr/bin/python$|#!/usr/bin/python2|" *.py
sed -i -e "s|#![ ]*/usr/bin/env python$|#!/usr/bin/env python2|" *.py

# That should be it. Hope it works! (It does on my system at least)

Thanks for the script, If I have it installed elsewere (my home folder) all I have to do is change the cd paths, right?

Still no fix for this issue on 10.1.0 release?

thanks in advance

Alex and Ying - just wanted to say thank you for posting the hack-trick. Worked great on my Arch64 desktop!

Randy

Hmm, seams that version 10.1 doesn't want to run on my Arch machine. Somebody some hints?

Edit: Suddenly it runs. I will make a PKGBUILD.

K. here are the PKGBUIDs for Arch Linux:

Crossover Games

Crossover Standart

Crossover Pro - Got it now ;)

And here are some wiki pages:

Crossover Office Wiki
Crossover Games Wiki

Enjoy;)

ying wrote:

K. here are the PKGBUIDs for Arch Linux:

[link=https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16777]Crossover
Games[/link]

[link=https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22027]Crossover
Standart[/link]

[link=https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14187]Crossover
Pro[/link] - Got it now ;)

And here are some wiki pages:

[link=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Crossover_Office]Crossover
Office Wiki[/link]
[link=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Crossover_Games]Crossover
Games Wiki[/link]

Enjoy;)

Can you tell me how to use this PKGBUILDs ? ;)

Thanks very much ^^

Pascal Sprei wrote:

ying wrote:

K. here are the PKGBUIDs for Arch Linux:

[link=https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16777]Crossover
Games[/link]

[link=https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22027]Crossover
Standart[/link]

[link=https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14187]Crossover
Pro[/link] - Got it now ;)

And here are some wiki pages:

[link=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Crossover_Office]Crossover
Office Wiki[/link]

[link=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Crossover_Games]Crossover
Games Wiki[/link]

Enjoy;)

Can you tell me how to use this PKGBUILDs ? ;)

Thanks very much ^^

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Creating_Packages

or just use an aur helper like yaourt:

yaourt -S crossover-games