Failed to install in Termux (Android)

[Disonantemus]

Have you checked closed issues?

Yes

Have you checked against the most recent version of Textual?

Yes

The bug

Fail to install textual-demo:

uvx --python 3.12 textual-demo

Output:

   Building tree-sitter-bash==0.23.3
   Building tree-sitter-rust==0.23.2
   Building tree-sitter-markdown==0.3.2
   Building tree-sitter==0.24.0
   Building tree-sitter-python==0.23.6
   Building tree-sitter-sql==0.3.7
   Building tree-sitter-java==0.23.5
   Building tree-sitter-javascript==0.23.1
   Building tree-sitter-go==0.23.4
      Built tree-sitter==0.24.0
  × Failed to build `tree-sitter-regex==0.24.3`
  ├─▶ The build backend returned an error
  ╰─▶ Call to `setuptools.build_meta.build_wheel`
      failed (exit status: 1)

      [stdout]
      running bdist_wheel
      running build
      running build_py
      copying
      bindings/python/tree_sitter_regex/__init__.py
      ->
      build/lib.linux-aarch64-cpython-312/tree_sitter_regex
      running egg_info
      writing
      bindings/python/tree_sitter_regex.egg-info/PKG-INFO
      writing dependency_links to
      bindings/python/tree_sitter_regex.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
      writing requirements to
      bindings/python/tree_sitter_regex.egg-info/requires.txt
      writing top-level names to
      bindings/python/tree_sitter_regex.egg-info/top_level.txt
      reading manifest file
      'bindings/python/tree_sitter_regex.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
      adding license file 'LICENSE'
      writing manifest file
      'bindings/python/tree_sitter_regex.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
      copying
      bindings/python/tree_sitter_regex/__init__.pyi
      ->
      build/lib.linux-aarch64-cpython-312/tree_sitter_regex
      copying
      bindings/python/tree_sitter_regex/binding.c ->
      build/lib.linux-aarch64-cpython-312/tree_sitter_regex
      copying
      bindings/python/tree_sitter_regex/py.typed ->
      build/lib.linux-aarch64-cpython-312/tree_sitter_regex
      running build_ext
      building '_binding' extension
      aarch64-linux-android-clang
      -fno-strict-overflow -Wsign-compare
      -Wunreachable-code -DNDEBUG -g
      -O3 -Wall -fstack-protector-strong
      -O3 -fstack-protector-strong -O3
      -fPIC -DPy_LIMITED_API=0x03090000
      -DPY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
      -DTREE_SITTER_HIDE_SYMBOLS -Isrc
      -I/data/data/com.termux/files/home/.cache/uv/builds-v0/.tmpjazNwd/include
      -I/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/include/python3.12
      -c
      bindings/python/tree_sitter_regex/binding.c -o
      build/temp.linux-aarch64-cpython-312/bindings/python/tree_sitter_regex/binding.o
      -std=c11 -fvisibility=hidden
      aarch64-linux-android-clang
      -fno-strict-overflow -Wsign-compare
      -Wunreachable-code -DNDEBUG -g
      -O3 -Wall -fstack-protector-strong
      -O3 -fstack-protector-strong -O3
      -fPIC -DPy_LIMITED_API=0x03090000
      -DPY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
      -DTREE_SITTER_HIDE_SYMBOLS -Isrc
      -I/data/data/com.termux/files/home/.cache/uv/builds-v0/.tmpjazNwd/include
      -I/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/include/python3.12
      -c src/parser.c -o
      build/temp.linux-aarch64-cpython-312/src/parser.o
      -std=c11 -fvisibility=hidden

      [stderr]
      src/parser.c:1:10: fatal error:
      'tree_sitter/parser.h' file not found
          1 | #include "tree_sitter/parser.h"
            |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      1 error generated.
      error: command
      '/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-android-clang'
      failed with exit code 1

      hint: This error likely indicates that
      you need to install a library that
      provides "tree_sitter/parser.h" for
      `tree-sitter-regex@0.24.3`
  help: `tree-sitter-regex` (v0.24.3) was included
        because `textual-demo` (v1.0.3) depends on
        `textual[syntax]` (v2.1.2) which depends on
        `tree-sitter-regex`

I came here because Parllama use textual, and I get same failed install.

Termux has some tree-sitter packages, but not all from output log.

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[TomJGooding]

The core Textual library should have no problem installing on Android. The issue is the extra dependencies for syntax highlighting:

These [tree-sitter] packages are distributed as binary wheels, so it may limit your applications ability to run in environments where these wheels are not available.

I'm afraid I don't know anything about Android to suggest any workarounds.

[TomJGooding]

After reading up on uv, there might be a workaround using uv's concept of dependency overrides as a last resort.

Could you try this and see if the install works?

uvx --override overrides.txt textual-demo

Contents of overrides.txt:

tree-sitter; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-python; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-markdown; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-json; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-toml; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-yaml; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-html; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-css; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-javascript; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-rust; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-go; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-regex; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-xml; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-sql; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-java; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-bash; sys_platform == 'never'

[Disonantemus]

Didn't work:

$ uname --all
Linux localhost 4.19.113-27223811 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 27 13:00:08 KST 2024 aarch64 Android
~
$ cat overrides.txt
tree-sitter; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-python; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-markdown; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-json; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-toml; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-yaml; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-html; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-css; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-javascript; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-rust; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-go; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-regex; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-xml; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-sql; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-java; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-bash; sys_platform == 'never
~
$ uvx --override overrides.txt textual-demo
error: unexpected argument '--override' found

  tip: a similar argument exists: '--preview'

Usage: uvx [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]

For more information, try '--help'.

uvx don't recognize --override.

[KenSamson]

This is also causing install issues for a db tool Harlequin as it depends on tree-sitter, not sure what the impacts will be if we find a way to override this, but willing to try as this unfolds.

[TomJGooding]

uvx don't recognize --override.

Looks like this was only added recently in uv v0.6.5.

[Disonantemus]

Termux version is older:

$ uv --version
uv 0.6.3

---

I did download binaries from last version, but for some reason seems confused:

$ ./bin/uv --version
uv 0.6.6
~
$ ./bin/uvx --override overrides.txt textual-demo
error: Could not detect either glibc version nor musl libc version, at least one of which is required

[supastishn]

Same issue happens with aider-chat. downloading the tree sitter c static package may fix it but the problem is you cant install it because of conflicting dependency versions

[Disonantemus]

After reading up on uv, there might be a workaround using uv's concept of dependency overrides as a last resort.

Could you try this and see if the install works?

uvx --override overrides.txt textual-demo

Contents of overrides.txt:

tree-sitter; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-python; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-markdown; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-json; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-toml; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-yaml; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-html; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-css; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-javascript; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-rust; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-go; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-regex; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-xml; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-sql; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-java; sys_platform == 'never'
tree-sitter-bash; sys_platform == 'never'

using proot-distro install archlinux, I did install arch, but didn't work:

$ uvx --override overrides.txt textual-demo
error: Failed to install: uc_micro_py-1.0.3-py3-none-any.whl (uc-micro-py==1.0.3)
  Caused by: failed to copy file from /root/.cache/uv/archive-v0/Wd5mRbSQXypbjblSjW1cc/uc_micro/__init__.py to /root/.cache/uv/builds-v0/.tmpSHz3rv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/uc_micro/__init__.py: No such file or directory (os error 2)

[TomJGooding]

This issue is becoming a bit of a pile on.

I think any "non-pure Python" packages may have issues installing on Android? From a quick scan of the other repos mentioned here, there's other dependencies besides Textual that fail to install.

But just to reiterate: the core Textual library does not require tree-sitter. The syntax dependencies are optional extras. I'm sorry if these don't have wheels for your platform, but I'm not sure what you expect the Textual library to do about it?

[Disonantemus]

Tools using textual and installed ok in termux:

• argparse-interface
• aurras
• dooit
• ducktools-pytui
• frogmouth
• killpy
• logmerger
• oterm
• rexi
• simpletyper
• skylab
• smassh
• textual-astview
• textual-bee
• textual-game-of-life
• textual-paint
• textual-todo
• toolong

Why textual-demo doesn't work?

---

Some didn't finish the installation, like:

• bagels
• battleship-tui
• browsr
• filequery
• kanban-tui
• newspaper4k
• parllama
• posting
• taskiq
• textchat
• textual-markdown
• ticked
• toschat
• tui-network

[TomJGooding]

This is precisely why I tried to point out this was just becoming a pile on.

The reason why those packages failed to install will be in the traceback.

If you're able to install the core Textual library without issues, then none of this has anything to do with Textual.

[TomJGooding]

Let's imagine you're trying to install fancy-terminal-app. This has many dependencies, which includes textual but also many others. Maybe some of these other dependencies aren't available on Android. so fancy-terminal-app fails to install. Should you report this as a Textual issue, knowing that Textual seems to work?

[Disonantemus]

I understand, but my issue started because textual-demo fail to install/run.

Maybe depends on external packages that aren't available in Termux (Android).

I did think the demo should be an MRE (Minimal Reproducible Example), but I was wrong.