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[GH-ISSUE #1239] Bug: Error while loading configuration value: CHROME_VERSION UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xd5 in position 0: invalid continuation byte #763

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Originally created by @allen7u on GitHub (Oct 8, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/1239

My environment was Win10, Python 3.10, Node 18.17.1, archivebox-0.6.2, Google Chrome 117.0.5938.149 (正式版本) （64 位） (cohort: M117 Rollout) (as I'm in China)
1, create and activate a virtual environment
2, pip3 install archivebox
So far so good, but when I ran

archivebox add 'https://example.com'

archivebox init --setup

archivebox version

my Chrome 117.0.5938.149 was launched, then I got an error:

[X] Error while loading configuration value: CHROME_VERSION
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xd5 in position 0: invalid continuation byte
Check your config for mistakes and try again (your archive data is unaffected).

PS:
I also downloaded chromium and set CHROME_BINARY env variable, but then I got:

archivebox version

[X] Error while loading configuration value: DEPENDENCIES
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'F:\ArchiveBox\chrome-win'

and I also encountered PermissionError when trying to use Archivebox with docker run or docker-compose under WSL2

PPS:
PermissonError disappeared after I move CHROME_BINARY to 'F:\chrome-win
But when I run archivebox init --setup, I got
[+] Installing enabled ArchiveBox dependencies automatically...
[X] Failed to install chromium using playwright: AttributeError module 'os' has no attribute 'getpgid'

It seems that archievebox was not quite native to windows after all?

Originally created by @allen7u on GitHub (Oct 8, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/1239 My environment was Win10, Python 3.10, Node 18.17.1, archivebox-0.6.2, Google Chrome 117.0.5938.149 (正式版本) （64 位） (cohort: M117 Rollout) (as I'm in China) 1, create and activate a virtual environment 2, pip3 install archivebox So far so good, but when I ran ```python archivebox add 'https://example.com' ``` or ```python archivebox init --setup ``` or ```python archivebox version ``` my Chrome 117.0.5938.149 was launched, then I got an error: [X] Error while loading configuration value: CHROME_VERSION UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xd5 in position 0: invalid continuation byte Check your config for mistakes and try again (your archive data is unaffected). PS: I also downloaded chromium and set CHROME_BINARY env variable, but then I got: archivebox version [X] Error while loading configuration value: DEPENDENCIES PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'F:\\ArchiveBox\\chrome-win' and I also encountered PermissionError when trying to use Archivebox with docker run or docker-compose under WSL2 PPS: PermissonError disappeared after I move CHROME_BINARY to 'F:\\chrome-win But when I run archivebox init --setup, I got [+] Installing enabled ArchiveBox dependencies automatically... [X] Failed to install chromium using playwright: AttributeError module 'os' has no attribute 'getpgid' It seems that archievebox was not quite native to windows after all?

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2023):

ArchiveBox does not support Windows officially other than in Docker. Some people have gotten it working but I cant provide official Windows support because I don't own a windows machine and don't really know anything about Windows.

Docker-compose should work but dont set a custom chrome version, as it definitely cannot use the Windows version of chrome inside a linux container.

@pirate commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2023): ArchiveBox does not support Windows officially other than in Docker. Some people have gotten it working but I cant provide official Windows support because I don't own a windows machine and don't really know anything about Windows. Docker-compose should work but dont set a custom chrome version, as it definitely cannot use the Windows version of chrome inside a linux container.

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