Cant install Cygwin Virt-manager that asks for library that asks for python2

[Jānis Ķengurs]

Is there alternative of installing python2 for cygwin virt-manager?
Or some light alternative to virt-manager except virtualbox?


BB
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On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 11:46 AM Adam Dinwoodie <adam@dinwoodie.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 at 06:33, Bill Sharp via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 22:58, Jānis Ķengurs via Cygwin <
> cygwin@cygwin.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I wanted to use some KVM or Qemu or something on linux and windows
> that can
> > > fast open iso files for testing
> > > Downloaded on  Windows 10
> > > Here shows what depends on this install, but does it select all files
> it
> > > needs?
> > > https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/virt-manager.html
> > > Cant install Cygwin Virt-manager that asks for library that asks for
> > > python2
> > > The error is weird- suggest to unselect, but people might not read,
> instead
> > > error should open to install separate if need to install it seperate
> > >
> > > I selected that library also but now instllation for both files asking
> for
> > > python2
> > > Problem 1/2
> > > nothing provides python2 needed by python2-libvirt-4.2.0-1
> > > Solution 1/1 (default)
> > >   - do not ask to install python2-libvirt-4.2.0-1
> > > Problem 2/2
> > > nothing provides python2 needed by virt-manager-1.5.1-2
> > > Solution 1/1 (default)
> > >   - do not ask to install virt-manager-1.5.1-2
> > >
> > > BB
> > > Save a tree. Please don't print this e-mail unless it's really
> necessary.
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> > >
> >
> > Python2 was removed in July, and per Jon's announcement it was expected
> > this would break some orphaned packages:
> >
> > https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2023-July/011186.html
>
> And having just had a look, it's not going to be straightforward to
> release virt-manager for Python3: it has several dependencies,
> including Gtk3, that are themselves not currently available for
> Cygwin.
>
> Volunteers to get that working would likely be well received! Package
> maintainer basics are at http://www.cygwin.com/packages.html, although
> I expect the key job would be getting the current code building on
> Cygwin; once it's built and working, the packaging steps are much more
> straightforward…
>
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