{"id":1640,"date":"2023-11-27T05:59:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T00:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2023-12-01T02:19:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:49:56","slug":"howdy-installation-failure-fix-for-ubuntu-23-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/howdy-installation-failure-fix-for-ubuntu-23-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Howdy installation failure fix for Ubuntu 23.x"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently I moved from Fedora 38 to Ubuntu. After the move,  I was faced with a rather difficult situation. Howdy wouldn&#8217;t install or fail to install.  The error looked like this :<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><code>error: externally-managed-environment<br><br>\u00d7 This environment is externally managed<br>\u2570\u2500&gt; To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install<br>    python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to<br>    install.<br>    <br>    If you wish to install a non-Debian-packaged Python package,<br>    create a virtual environment using python3 -m venv path\/to\/venv.<br>    Then use path\/to\/venv\/bin\/python and path\/to\/venv\/bin\/pip. Make<br>    sure you have python3-full installed.<br>    <br>    If you wish to install a non-Debian packaged Python application,<br>    it may be easiest to use pipx install xyz, which will manage a<br>    virtual environment for you. Make sure you have pipx installed.<br>    <br>    See \/usr\/share\/doc\/python3.11\/README.venv for more information.<br><br>note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation or OS distribution provider. You can override this, at the risk of breaking your<br> Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.<br>hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.<br>Error while running last command<br>dpkg: error processing package howdy (--configure):<br> installed howdy package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1<br>Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-3) ...<br>Errors were encountered while processing:<br> howdy<\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So why does Howdy fail to install?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason? Python 3.11. <a href=\"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/ubuntu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/ubuntu\/\">Ubuntu<\/a> 23.04 introduced this new Python version which was causing new howdy installations to break. After much Googling, I found that adding a certain parameter via root helped fix the issue. adding via sudo did not work for me. I also had to install Howdy via root. Here are the steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><code>~$ sudo su - <br>~# pip install -t \/lib\/security\/howdy dlib<br>~# export PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1<br>~# apt install howdy<\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The second step is to fix the module <code>configparser<\/code>. This module&#8217;s name was changed  from <code>ConfigParser<\/code> to <code>configparser<\/code>. The above export exception will help you to install the application without errors. However, it does not activate the authentication triggers. The reason for that,  you can see in <code>journalctl<\/code> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-6de4ccbf wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/configparser-error.png\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/configparser-error.png ,https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/configparser-error.png 780w, https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/configparser-error.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/configparser-error.png\" alt=\"configparser-error\" class=\"uag-image-1647\" width=\"1000\" height=\"179\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So to fix the above error, you have to get to the file shown in the error and replace <code>ConfigParser<\/code> with <code>configparser<\/code> on line nos <code>10<\/code> and <code>13<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>sudo vim \/ib\/security\/howdy\/pam.py<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>updated lines would look like the ones below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>import configparser<br>config = configparser.ConfigParser()<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once done, you can install and add your Windows Hello styled authentication as usual.  I tested this on Ubuntu 23.04 and 23.10, and the workaround worked. This is a rather unwanted workaround however that is the only way to get face authentication working until the devs fix it.  <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/boltgolt\/howdy\/issues\/858\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/github.com\/boltgolt\/howdy\/issues\/858\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I moved from Fedora 38 to Ubuntu. After the move, I was faced with a rather difficult situation. Howdy wouldn&#8217;t install or fail to install. The error looked like this : So why does Howdy fail to install? The reason? Python 3.11. 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