Thanks for the help Eric.
I am pretty close to everything working but I think this traj2nmr install approach might be a dead end.
if importlib.util.find_spec('traj2nmr') is None:
app_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
subprocess.run(["python3", app_dir / 'Installable' / 'install_traj2nmr.py', sys.executable])
Then in my install_traj2nmr.py file that gets called by the above code I have this:
this_files_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
chimerax = sys.argv[1]
os.system(f"cd {this_files_dir}/traj2nmr; {chimerax} --nogui --script 'setup.py install' --exit")
And it ALMOST works. Unfortunately it seems that I might need sudo access to run that command. This is the info Chimera gives back when it tries to run my code:
/usr/lib/ucsf-chimerax-daily/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py:85: _DeprecatedInstaller: setuptools.installer and fetch_build_eggs are deprecated. Requirements should be satisfied by a PEP 517 installer. If you are using pip, you can try `pip
install --use-pep517`.
dist.fetch_build_eggs(dist.setup_requires)
running install
/usr/lib/ucsf-chimerax-daily/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/command/install.py:34: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools.
warnings.warn(
/usr/lib/ucsf-chimerax-daily/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py:144: EasyInstallDeprecationWarning: easy_install command is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools.
warnings.warn(
error: can't create or remove files in install directory
The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:
[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/lib/ucsf-chimerax-daily/lib/python3.9/site-packages/test-easy-install-134656.write-test'
There is a paragraph of explanation saying maybe I need root access. So, am I at a dead end? Or can you think of a workaround? Thanks for any insight.