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Welp, I don´t know how to do this. What I get when I download the latest release does not really get me anywhere because there are just some .py and a .ini file in it. How do I turn that into something I can actually execute?
First, edit the .ini file with your lemmy servers, usernames and passwords.
Then make sure you have python interpreter with requests installed. You can check this with
python3 -m pip show requests. if it says something like package not found, you should look into how to install python requests on your operatation system. If you downloaded it from python.org,python3 -m pip install --user requestsshould work.Then you can do
python3 lemmy-migrate.py -c config.ini. Let me know if you run into any problems!Thank you, helpful person!
I edited the .ini file and installed python 3.11.4 without problems.
When I type
pyin powershell it repliesPython 3.11.4 (tags/v3.11.4:d2340ef, Jun 7 2023, 05:45:37) [MSC v.1934 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32, so it was obviously installed successfully.However, when I copypasta the commands you posted I always get the same reply for each, that python could not be found. What does that mean? Do I maybe have to put a filepath into the command somewhere? Do requests have to be installed separately? What is the meaning of all this, the universe and everything and why does my back always hurt?
I bet replacing python3 with py will work:
Please help me further, we got close, I can feel it!
Did you try my suggestion in this comment?
https://lemmy.sdf.org/comment/1491482
I think your problem is that you aren't pointing PowerShell at the right folder. You can use the
cdcommand to get to the right folder containing the python script and config file.It is weird. I can navigate to the folder in powershell without a problem.
C:\Users\Username\Desktop\lemmy_migrate-1.1.0>But when I execute
py lemmy-migrate.py -c config.iniin there I get
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\python.exe: can't open file 'C:\Users\Username\Desktop\lemmy_migrate-1.1.0\lemmy-migrate.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Edit:
Found the problem, it´s
py lemmy_migrate.py -c config.ini
and not
py lemmy-migrate.py -c config.ini
Thank you for the help!
worked but also returned a warning:
WARNING: The script normalizer.exe is installed in 'C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\Scripts' which is not on PATH.
does not work and returns an error:
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\python.exe: can't open file 'C:\Users\Username\lemmy-migrate.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
I guess I have to place the files in a certain directory, putting them in the python folder did not help though.
Just make sure that you run the
py lemmy-migrate.py -c config.inicommand in the same folder that has the python script and your edited config file.Cool, thank you!