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stim

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Registered: 2013-07-12

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[Solved]Trying to get Bitmessage to work..

Hi,

I've installed Bitmessage using the instructions for Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install python openssl git python-qt4

git clone https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage $HOME/PyBitmessage

However, when I run it...

cd $HOME/PyBitmessage/src/ && python bitmessagemain.py

I get errors....

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bitmessagemain.py", line 31, in <module>
    from class_singleListener import *
  File "/home/stim/PyBitmessage/src/class_singleListener.py", line 6, in <module>
    import helper_bootstrap
  File "/home/stim/PyBitmessage/src/helper_bootstrap.py", line 3, in <module>
    import defaultKnownNodes
  File "/home/stim/PyBitmessage/src/defaultKnownNodes.py", line 40
    with open(appdata + 'knownnodes.dat', 'wb) as output:    
                                                            ^
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

Can anyone help me decipher this error message? 
Has anyone had success running Bitmessage?

Thanks in advance...

Last edited by stim (2013-08-10 12:23:24)

ohnonot

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Registered: 2012-05-22

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Re: [Solved]Trying to get Bitmessage to work..

could it have sth to do with python versions?
i'm sorry i don't know what the situation on crunchbang is right now, but on my archlinux i have both python 2.7 and 3.x installed, and sometimes i get similar error messages. then i have to change the first line of a python script from

#!/usr/bin/env python

to

#!/usr/bin/env python2.7

what python version is bitmessage written in?

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stim

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Re: [Solved]Trying to get Bitmessage to work..

Hi,

I found the solution on the Bitmessage forum. It's a bug in the latest version. To correct it issue:

cd $HOME/PyBitmessage/src/ 
git pull origin master
python bitmessagemain.py

Works now!

ohnonot

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Re: [Solved]Trying to get Bitmessage to work..

please edit the title of your frst post to start with [SOLVED].

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