Can not start system-bridge on Ubuntu Server 20.04

[ekos2001]

Here is the error:

ekos@server:~$ python3.9 -m systembridgebackend --no-gui
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 197, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/home/ekos/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/systembridgebackend/__main__.py", line 13, in <module>
    from systembridgebackend.server import Server
  File "/home/ekos/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/systembridgebackend/server/__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
    from systembridgebackend.server.media import (
  File "/home/ekos/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/systembridgebackend/server/media.py", line 13, in <module>
    "documents": storagepath.get_documents_dir(),
  File "/home/ekos/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/plyer/facades/storagepath.py", line 69, in get_documents_dir
    return self._get_documents_dir()
  File "/home/ekos/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/plyer/platforms/linux/storagepath.py", line 47, in _get_documents_dir
    directory = self._get_from_user_dirs("DOCUMENT")
  File "/home/ekos/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/plyer/platforms/linux/storagepath.py", line 35, in _get_from_user_dirs
    raise e
  File "/home/ekos/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/plyer/platforms/linux/storagepath.py", line 26, in _get_from_user_dirs
    with open(self._get_home_dir() + USER_DIRS, "r") as f:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/ekos/.config/user-dirs.dirs'

[timmo001]

Check this link

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_user_directories

The same command works for ubuntu/debian. Running xdg-user-dirs-update will automatically generate these directories for you.

This is because gnome/kde etc. will have generated these directories for you already. Running headless should then work normally for you

[timmo001]

I will add this to the installation documentation

[ekos2001]

I was able to create user-dirs.dirs file, now there is another error:

ekos@server:~$ python3.9 -m systembridgebackend --no-gui
2022-05-05 14:00:02 INFO (MainThread) [__main__.Main] System Bridge: Startup
2022-05-05 14:00:02 INFO (MainThread) [__main__.Main] Autostart enabled: False
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 197, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/home/ekos/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/systembridgebackend/__main__.py", line 57, in <module>
    Main()
  File "/home/ekos/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/systembridgebackend/__main__.py", line 32, in __init__
    create_shortcuts()
  File "/home/ekos/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/systembridgebackend/shortcut/__init__.py", line 16, in create_shortcuts
    create_linux_shortcuts()
  File "/home/ekos/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/systembridgebackend/shortcut/linux.py", line 21, in create_linux_shortcuts
    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/ekos/.local/share/applications/systembridge.desktop'

Thanks,
Yevgen

[ekos2001]

I think I can fix last error by following command:
mkdir /home/ekos/.local/share/applications
Probably you can add creation of this to the application's logic.