Error while luanching termpdf.py

[Akashkannan42624]

bigbunny@bigbunny-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Downloads$ termpdf.py chem.pdf
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/bigbunny/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pybtex/io.py", line 83, in _open
    return _open_existing(opener, filename, mode, locate=kpsewhich, **kwargs)
  File "/home/bigbunny/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pybtex/io.py", line 54, in _open_existing
    found = locate(filename)
  File "/home/bigbunny/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pybtex/kpathsea.py", line 28, in kpsewhich
    p = Popen(['kpsewhich', filename], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 971, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 1863, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'kpsewhich'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/bigbunny/.local/bin/termpdf.py", line 1859, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/bigbunny/.local/bin/termpdf.py", line 1830, in main
    doc.citekey = citekey_from_path(doc.filename)
  File "/home/bigbunny/.local/bin/termpdf.py", line 1142, in citekey_from_path
    bib = bib_from_field('File',path)
  File "/home/bigbunny/.local/bin/termpdf.py", line 1128, in bib_from_field
    bib = parse_file(config.BIBTEX,'bibtex')
  File "/home/bigbunny/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pybtex/database/__init__.py", line 928, in parse_file
    return parser.parse_file(file)
  File "/home/bigbunny/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pybtex/database/input/__init__.py", line 52, in parse_file
    with open_file(filename, encoding=self.encoding) as f:
  File "/home/bigbunny/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pybtex/io.py", line 95, in open_unicode
    return _open(io.open, filename, mode, encoding=encoding)
  File "/home/bigbunny/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pybtex/io.py", line 85, in _open
    raise PybtexError("unable to open %s. %s" % (filename, error.strerror))
pybtex.exceptions.PybtexError: unable to open . No such file or directory
bigbunny@bigbunny-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Downloads$

i tried installing texlive-latex and bibtool, then it showed a blank screen rather than the pdf itself!
i also got a bibtool warning message
may be i should try that in kitty rather than alacritty

[m040601]

Errors also launching on my Archlinux. I'm not sure if they are related to the previous post. Or if this is a termpdf.py problem or how it was installed on my system.

Inside kitty terminal,

termpdf.py somefile.pdf

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/termpdf.py", line 1858, in <module>
    logging.basicConfig(filename='termpdf.log',level=logging.WARNING)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/logging/__init__.py", line 2050, in basicConfig
    h = FileHandler(filename, mode,
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/logging/__init__.py", line 1181, in __init__
    StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/logging/__init__.py", line 1213, in _open
    return open_func(self.baseFilename, self.mode,
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/share/doc/termpdf.log'

I installed the git version using this recipe, https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/termpdf.py-git

Repository                    : aur
Name                          : termpdf.py-git
AUR URL                       : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/termpdf.py-git
Provides                      : termpdf.py
Depends On                    : python  python-pymupdf  python-pdfrw  python-pyperclip
                                python-pybtex  python-pynvim  python-roman  python-pagelabels
Make Deps                     : python-setuptools  git
Check Deps                    : None
Optional Deps                 : None
Conflicts With                : termpdf.py
First Submitted               : Sat 06 Mar 2021 08:54:43 PM WET
Last Modified                 : Tue 10 May 2022 03:18:13 PM WEST

python --version

Python 3.11.5

Name            : python-pymupdf
Version         : 1.22.5-1

[droghio]

On Ubuntu 22 you get the similar errors called out in #43 (comment) unless you install:

sudo apt install texlive-binaries bibtool

but doing so fixed the issue for me using kitty.