Electrum 4.0.3 updating funny

[Josson]

NOTE: I understand nothing whatsoever about Terminal commands and outputs.
 
Launching v.4.0.2 from the Terminal (Linux): no problem.
 
Updating in the Terminal ("Installation from Python sources") — everything as per previous versions. "Install dependencies", “Download package”, “Verify signature”, “Run without installing” and “Install with PIP”: all OK.
 
But! No response from the Desktop Configuration File and lauching from the Terminal then gave this:
 

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/~~/.local/bin/electrum", line 83, in <module>
    from electrum.logging import get_logger, configure_logging
  File "/home/~~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/electrum/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
    from .util import format_satoshis
  File "/home/~~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/electrum/util.py", line 49, in <module>
    import aiohttp
  File "/home/~~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/aiohttp/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from .client import BaseConnector as BaseConnector
  File "/home/~~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/aiohttp/client.py", line 30, in <module>
    from yarl import URL
  File "/home/~~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/yarl/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from ._url import URL, cache_clear, cache_configure, cache_info
  File "/home/~~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/yarl/_url.py", line 56, in <module>
    @rewrite_module
  File "/home/~~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/yarl/_url.py", line 132, in URL
    _QUERY_PART_QUOTER = _Quoter(safe="?/:@", qs=True, requote=False)
  File "yarl/_quoting.pyx", line 192, in yarl._quoting._Quoter.__init__
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'requote'

 
I then downloaded it from Sources and Binaries. After unpacking it, also here the Desktop Configuration File doesn't respond. The only way I can launch this version is by opening the Python 3 script file called “run_electrum” found in the unpacked directory. Which I find rather untraditional.
 
What's going on?

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[HCP]

... the Desktop Configuration File doesn't respond.

I am not familiar with this "Desktop Configuration File" that you are referring to... what Linux Distro/version are you running?

[Chikito]

Code:

requote=False

maybe you have try to install yarl ;

Code:

pip install yarl

[joniboini]

So when you click the "run_electrum" file everything is fine? How exactly you launch this from the terminal? Typing "electrum"?
Why not use the app image instead? It's good enough and you can create an icon if you need it.

[Chikito]

If yarl isn't installed, it should show different error message. Trying to upgrade or reinstall is better option

I see OP use python 3.6 where yarl isn't released yet, yarl has no Python 3.6 builds. Because that I suggest to pip install yarl, IMO.

on electrum website had noted - Python (3.6.1 and higher)

[Josson]

Thanks, very kind of you all. Allow me to reply in a single post.
 
— I'm using Lubuntu 18.10 in a VirtualBox VM, practically only for the sake of running Electrum (which can no longer run native in my aged OS). Which is why, generally speaking, I understand very little about Linux. It's very light, and got me rid of many hassles I used to get using Ubuntu 14.04.
 
— Here two screenshots showing this Desktop Configuration File which up to 4.0.2 I clicked on to start Electrum, the first of which I assume was installed by some v. 3.xx (don't ask where that time stamp showing 1970 came from — Time and Date are otherwise synchronized as they ought to) — the second one is a copy I made for convenience:
 
[Sorry, goodfolks, I had written this before realising that I can't figure out how to upload a jpeg here — any help is welcome]
 
— Yes, everything seems fine just clicking on the "run_electrum" file to start 4.0.3. I say "seems", because I've looked around in the GUI, but I haven't attempted any operation yet. And yes, I could launch v.4.0.2 just typing “electrum” in the Terminal. Not that I was using this method, just clicking on the “Desktop Configuration File” would launch it immediately. Incidentally, last night I must have tried "run_electrum" in Terminal, but it was late and I can't remember exactly how — this here is recovered from the clipboard (including the three """ at the end):
 

Code:

	   	python3 Electrum-4.0.3/run_electrum

	   	/home/lub/Electrum-4.0.3/packages/bitstring.py:36: DeprecationWarning: invalid escape sequence \ 

	   	  """

 
— I have always used the Terminal to install Electrum, by just following the instructions on the site. Yesterday — hadn't mentioned it to avoid clutter — I had  also downloaded the Appimage. But when I clicked on it, nothing happened, nothing at all.
 
— yarl
 
Any one of those commands gives this:
 

Code:

	  	Command 'pip' not found, but can be installed with:

	  	sudo apt install python-pip

 
Attempting this, I get what's coming below (sorry, I don't know how to make it shorter). None of it I am able to understand, except of course the 404's — which I wouldn't know how to get around.
 

Code:

	  	Reading package lists... Done
	  	Building dependency tree       
	  	Reading state information... Done
	  	The following additional packages will be installed:
	  	  javascript-common libjs-jquery libjs-sphinxdoc libjs-underscore libpython-all-dev libpython-dev
	  	  libpython2-dev libpython2.7-dev python-all python-all-dev python-asn1crypto python-cffi-backend
	  	  python-configparser python-crypto python-cryptography python-dbus python-dev python-entrypoints
	  	  python-enum34 python-idna python-ipaddress python-keyring python-keyrings.alt
	  	  python-secretstorage python-setuptools python-six python-wheel python2-dev python2.7-dev
	  	Suggested packages:
	  	  apache2 | lighttpd | httpd python-crypto-doc python-cryptography-doc python-cryptography-vectors
	  	  python-dbus-dbg python-dbus-doc python-enum34-doc gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0 python-fs python-gdata
	  	  python-keyczar python-secretstorage-doc python-setuptools-doc
	  	The following NEW packages will be installed:
	  	  javascript-common libjs-jquery libjs-sphinxdoc libjs-underscore libpython-all-dev libpython-dev
	  	  libpython2-dev libpython2.7-dev python-all python-all-dev python-asn1crypto python-cffi-backend
	  	  python-configparser python-crypto python-cryptography python-dbus python-dev python-entrypoints
	  	  python-enum34 python-idna python-ipaddress python-keyring python-keyrings.alt python-pip
	  	  python-secretstorage python-setuptools python-six python-wheel python2-dev python2.7-dev
	  	0 upgraded, 30 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
	  	Need to get 33,6 MB of archives.
	  	After this operation, 63,9 MB of additional disk space will be used.
	  	Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
	  	Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 javascript-common all 11 [6.066 B]
	  	Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 libjs-jquery all 3.2.1-1 [152 kB]
	  	Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 libjs-underscore all 1.8.3~dfsg-1 [59,9 kB]
	  	Err:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 libjs-sphinxdoc all 1.7.9-1
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates/main amd64 libpython2.7-dev amd64 2.7.16-2~18.10
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 libpython2-dev amd64 2.7.15-3
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 libpython-dev amd64 2.7.15-3
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 libpython-all-dev amd64 2.7.15-3
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-all amd64 2.7.15-3
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates/main amd64 python2.7-dev amd64 2.7.16-2~18.10
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python2-dev amd64 2.7.15-3
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-dev amd64 2.7.15-3
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-all-dev amd64 2.7.15-3
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-asn1crypto all 0.24.0-1 [72,7 kB]
	  	Err:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-cffi-backend amd64 1.11.5-3ubuntu1
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-configparser all 3.5.0b2-1
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-crypto amd64 2.6.1-9build1
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-enum34 all 1.1.6-2 [34,8 kB]
	  	Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-idna all 2.6-1 [32,4 kB]
	  	Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-ipaddress all 1.0.17-1 [18,2 kB]
	  	Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-six all 1.11.0-2 [11,3 kB]
	  	Err:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-cryptography amd64 2.3-1ubuntu1
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-dbus amd64 1.2.8-2build1
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-entrypoints all 0.2.3-3
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-secretstorage all 2.3.1-2 [11,8 kB]
	  	Err:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-keyring all 15.1.0-1
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 python-keyrings.alt all 3.1-1
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 python-pip all 9.0.1-2.3
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Err:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 python-setuptools all 40.2.0-1
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 python-wheel all 0.30.0-0.2 [36,4 kB]
	  	Fetched 435 kB in 1s (399 kB/s)    
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/sphinx/libjs-sphinxdoc_1.7.9-1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python2.7/libpython2.7-dev_2.7.16-2~18.10_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-defaults/libpython2-dev_2.7.15-3_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-defaults/libpython-dev_2.7.15-3_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-defaults/libpython-all-dev_2.7.15-3_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-defaults/python-all_2.7.15-3_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python2.7/python2.7-dev_2.7.16-2~18.10_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-defaults/python2-dev_2.7.15-3_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-defaults/python-dev_2.7.15-3_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-defaults/python-all-dev_2.7.15-3_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-cffi/python-cffi-backend_1.11.5-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/c/configparser/python-configparser_3.5.0b2-1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-crypto/python-crypto_2.6.1-9build1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-cryptography/python-cryptography_2.3-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/dbus-python/python-dbus_1.2.8-2build1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/e/entrypoints/python-entrypoints_0.2.3-3_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-keyring/python-keyring_15.1.0-1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/k/keyrings.alt/python-keyrings.alt_3.1-1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/python-pip/python-pip_9.0.1-2.3_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-setuptools/python-setuptools_40.2.0-1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
	  	E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

 
 

[joniboini]

— I have always used the Terminal to install Electrum, by just following the instructions on the site. Yesterday — hadn't mentioned it to avoid clutter — I had  also downloaded the Appimage. But when I clicked on it, nothing happened, nothing at all.

Have you tried to make it executable? Try to follow this guide: https://discourse.appimage.org/t/how-to-run-an-appimage/80.

That 404 error is probably related to your network. You could also try to change the update server or use another DNS to connect to the update server.

[Josson]

Well, thanks a lot joniboini, that did it! I'd never had such an appimage before. It took a while for it to react, so after 30 secs of repeated clicking I ended up with about 10 or 15 Electrums wanting to open all at once , but otherwise everything's fine. The GUI, fonts etc. are much smaller than they used to, but it's all still quite readable.

Just a detail: is there a way to replace the default (I assume) appimage icon with Electrum's own icon, i.e. the icon of that Desktop Configuration File?

For future reference: I'm puzzled by your explanation about the 404 error — to me a 404 is, has always been, something missing on the server, and I can't see how my network should affect that, nor how changing my DNS (easy enough with the VPN) should make a difference. Unless you mean that my DNS could be rejected by the download server? That would be a first, even if it does happen occasionally that a server takes exception to one among the wide varying array of my VPN's servers. Also: if, more likely as I understand things, it's due to the Ubuntu update server, how/where do I change this? Like, it's the Terminal that's deciding for me, isn't it? Btw., that IP 91.189.88.152 says nothing to me.

[joniboini]

Also: if, more likely as I understand things, it's due to the Ubuntu update server, how/where do I change this? Like, it's the Terminal that's deciding for me, isn't it? Btw., that IP 91.189.88.152 says nothing to me.

You should be able to change it from the update center. Try to follow this guide[1] or this one[2] if you don't have a graphical interface.
 
I don't have my Linux system now and I can't recall it from my memory, but that should be right.

[1] https://lifehacker.com/speed-up-ubuntu-downloads-and-updates-by-changing-your-5780680
[2] https://askubuntu.com/questions/104695/how-do-i-change-mirrors-in-ubuntu-server-from-regional-to-main

[Chikito]

[Sorry, goodfolks, I had written this before realising that I can't figure out how to upload a jpeg here — any help is welcome]

Hosting your image screenshoot on imgur or any then put here with ;

Code:

[img]link[/img]

Attempting this, I get what's coming below (sorry, I don't know how to make it shorter). None of it I am able to understand, except of course the 404's — which I wouldn't know how to get around.

Code:

Err:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 libjs-sphinxdoc all 1.7.9-1
	  	  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

Man, you must run sudo apt update before installing pip, that command is necessary for installing new packages.

[Josson]

You should be able to change it from the update center. Try to follow this guide[1] or this one[2] if you don't have a graphical interface.
 
I don't have my Linux system now and I can't recall it from my memory, but that should be right.

[1] https://lifehacker.com/speed-up-ubuntu-downloads-and-updates-by-changing-your-5780680
[2] https://askubuntu.com/questions/104695/how-do-i-change-mirrors-in-ubuntu-server-from-regional-to-main

Thanks, I'll try that as soon as I can get around to it. It takes a bit of time squeezing all of this into my daily activities, as I have to make backups on the go of each single VM that is functional. 22Gb each time, to an external HD.

[Josson]

Thanks to all of you — especially to joniboini — for your kind help and explanations. I now have 4.0.3 running as it should, and learned a few things along the way.
 
P.S. If someone still wishes to see those screenshots, just say so, I'll try to figure it out.

[Josson]

Not that I wasn't satisfied with how we got things working again, but someone else I had mentioned the problem to got back to me pointing out this post on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Electrum/comments/ir9pox/having_triuble_trying_to_install_403_in_linux/, by someone who apparently had exactly the same issue. His/her solution:

uninstall all versions of `yarl` with `python3 -m pip uninstall yarl` (keep repeating the command until there are no more old versions left) and then install the latest version with `python3 -m pip install --user yarl` This allowed me to install 4.0.3 but 4.0.2 was loading up. Turns out I had lots of old versions of Electrum installed too so I went through the same process with `python3 -m pip uninstall -v Electrum` again, repeat until all old versions are gone, then go ahead and install the latest version.

Out of curiosity I tried it on an earlier backup of the VM, and sure enough, it got rid of a bunch of versions, all the way down to 3.3.4. Upon which, installing Electrum anew using the Terminal commands resulted in a perfectly functional 4.0.3.