The extension didn't install Clipster automatically

[AlwaysBeCalm]

Hi
I've set the clipboard manager to auto, but the extension didn't install Clipster, and ulauncher keeps on loading (see the image)

[friday]

It should download it to ~/.local/share/ulauncher/extensions/com.github.friday.ulauncher-clipboard/clipster_bin, and it worked flawlessly for me when testing just now. If you had a clipboard manager installed when launching ulauncher or the extension, please restart, and also post the ulauncher log (start ulauncher with ulauncher -v in a terminal).

[AlwaysBeCalm]

thank god
I've fixed it.

I'm using python 3.+
changed the shebang in clipster_bin to #!/usr/bin/python3.8 instead of #!/usr/bin/python

and it worked fine...

I suggest you move it to python 3.+
Thanks 🌹🌹

[friday]

You should update your distro if /usr/bin/python isn't python 3, or make a symlink to overwrite.

And clipster was written for supporing both python2 and python3.

[jrafaaael]

I got the same problem and managed to fix it in the same way as @AlwaysBeCalm

[friday]

So if you do this python --version it will say Python version 2?

I recommend not switching the shebang to #!/usr/bin/python3.8. My first advice is that you install clipster manually so it's handled by your package manager and stays updated and compatible with your python version. Then the extension will use that version.

If you don't want to do this, then I would at least do which python3, and putting that in the shebang. Changing the shebang to use specifically python3.8 means it will stop working when you upgrade python to 3.9

[matheusunderline]

Sorry to reactive this issue and the shame question, 😅:

If I want install clipster manually, where should I to store to make the ULauncher recognize it?

My distribution's repository does not have clipster.

[cschep]

This happens in a default install of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS which is a shame because it's such a widespread distro. It'd be a lot of cooler if the shebang wasn't hardcoded.. but for anyone else that got here with googling this fixed it for me:

update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 10

[rightsaidfred99]

I had to change it to #!/usr/bin/python3
It works now.

Was on LMDE Mint 7