[GH-ISSUE #174] asciinema 1.3 does not provide a wrapper #750

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opened 2026-03-15 10:09:39 +03:00 by kerem · 5 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:09:39 +03:00

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Originally created by @carnager on GitHub (Aug 1, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/174

Since asciinema is now installed in python's site-packages directory, the binary won't be in $PATH anymore.

asciinema should probably provide a little wrapper to be placed in $PATH. I guess setup.py is the place to do this.

Originally created by @carnager on GitHub (Aug 1, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/174 Since asciinema is now installed in python's site-packages directory, the binary won't be in $PATH anymore. asciinema should probably provide a little wrapper to be placed in $PATH. I guess setup.py is the place to do this.

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2026-03-15 10:09:50 +03:00

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@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2016):

setup.py has it configured: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/blob/master/setup.py#L29
In all systems I checked asciinema installation it was correctly creating a wrapper script.

@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2016): setup.py has it configured: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/blob/master/setup.py#L29 In all systems I checked asciinema installation it was correctly creating a wrapper script.

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:09:55 +03:00

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@fornwall commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2016):

When I installed from source with python3.5 setup.py install, the resulting installation did not have the asciinema command-line wrapper.

I noticed the warnings

/usr/lib/python3.5/distutils/dist.py:261: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'entry_points'
/usr/lib/python3.5/distutils/dist.py:261: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'install_requires'

I had to pip3 install setuptools - after that the installation correctly set up the bin/asciinema wrapper.

I don't know enough about python packaging to know if this is the expected behaviour or not.

@fornwall commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2016): When I installed from source with `python3.5 setup.py install`, the resulting installation did not have the asciinema command-line wrapper. I noticed the warnings ``` /usr/lib/python3.5/distutils/dist.py:261: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'entry_points' /usr/lib/python3.5/distutils/dist.py:261: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'install_requires' ``` I had to `pip3 install setuptools` - after that the installation correctly set up the bin/asciinema wrapper. I don't know enough about python packaging to know if this is the expected behaviour or not.

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:10:01 +03:00

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@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2016):

Does anyone know a way to make it generate a wrapper in a reliable way (also in the absence of setuptools)?

@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2016): Does anyone know a way to make it generate a wrapper in a reliable way (also in the absence of setuptools)?

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:10:06 +03:00

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@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2017):

This has been solved in #179, the fix will be part of the next release.

@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2017): This has been solved in #179, the fix will be part of the next release.

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:10:11 +03:00

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@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Apr 11, 2017):