Cannot install on Windows ..

[ArunNairID]

Environment = Anaconda Python 3.6

Os= Windows 10

Collecting xcessiv Using cached xcessiv-0.1.1.tar.gz Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "C:\Users\Arun\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-enuakn0v\xcessiv\setup.py", line 8, in <module> import xcessiv File "C:\Users\Arun\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-enuakn0v\xcessiv\xcessiv\__init__.py", line 12, in <module> import xcessiv.views File "C:\Users\Arun\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-enuakn0v\xcessiv\xcessiv\views.py", line 5, in <module> from rq import Connection File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\python36\lib\site-packages\rq\__init__.py", line 11, in <module> from .worker import SimpleWorker, Worker File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\python36\lib\site-packages\rq\worker.py", line 88, in <module> class Worker(object): File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\python36\lib\site-packages\rq\worker.py", line 361, in Worker def kill_horse(self, sig=signal.SIGKILL): AttributeError: module 'signal' has no attribute 'SIGKILL'

[reiinakano]

Hi, unfortunately, Xcessiv does not currently support Windows as it uses RQ as its job queue.

I can't really give a timeline as to when I'll decide to fully support Windows as that would require rewriting to use Celery instead of RQ, and I think there are quite a lot more pressing issues I'd like to focus on at the moment. But this issue is noted and if demand for Windows support is indeed big enough, I'll consider working on it sooner.

For the meantime, perhaps consider using a Docker image? Since Xcessiv is basically a web server, just run it on Docker and you'll be able to use any browser you have on Windows.

EDIT: Seeing that Celery has also dropped support for Windows since v0.4, there's even less motivation for me to switch to Celery just to support Windows.

[reiinakano]

For everyone using Windows, as of v0.2.1, Xcessiv now provides an experimental Docker image. Please visit the documentation for usage.

[ArunNairID]

@reiinakano, I was able to utilise Windows Linux Subsystem to run it. Wrote a tutorial running Python apps on WSL. The Ubuntu on Windows is sufficient to run the software.

[reiinakano]

@ArunNairID That sounds awesome! Could you link it? It would be great for people running on Windows as an alternative to Docker.

[ArunNairID]

@reiinakano Please find the link for configuring the Windows machine with Ubuntu WSL. https://medium.com/xtrememl/why-how-to-use-windows-10-wsl-built-in-linux-for-machine-learning-6a225f4bbd3a