# Tryton requires pygtkcompat, but OS doesn't provide it **URL:** \ **Category:** User\ **Created:** [October 25, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/tryton-requires-pygtkcompat-but-os-doesnt-provide-it/4726 "2021-10-25T15:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fmorato](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/user_avatar/discuss.tryton.org/fmorato/32/109_2.png) [@fmorato](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/fmorato)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/tryton-requires-pygtkcompat-but-os-doesnt-provide-it/4726/1 "2021-10-25T15:55:27Z")
I just tried the following on OpenSuse Tumbleweed with Gnome, and it doesn’t seem to have `pygtkcompat`. ```bash $ pip install --user tryton Collecting tryton Downloading tryton-6.0.8-py3-none-any.whl (596 kB) |████████████████████████████████| 596 kB 636 kB/s Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from tryton) (2.8.2) Requirement already satisfied: PyGObject in /usr/lib64/python3.8/site-packages (from tryton) (3.42.0) Requirement already satisfied: pycairo in /usr/lib64/python3.8/site-packages (from tryton) (1.20.1) Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.5 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from python-dateutil->tryton) (1.16.0) Installing collected packages: tryton Successfully installed tryton-6.0.8 $ .local/bin/tryton ``` Tryton starts, but upon login in, I still get: ```auto ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pygtkcompat' ``` According to [Files · main · GNOME / pygobject · GitLab](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pygobject/blob/master/setup.py#L1233), it is still included in pygobject. I did read through the other threads on the `pygtkcompat`, but regardless of maintainability, being supported or not, I can’t run Tryton either from source or by installing with pip. > [@Tryton 6.0 client requires pygtkcompat](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/tryton-6-0-client-requires-pygtkcompat/4161): > > I have installed Tryton 6.0 client via pip3 on a fresh Tumbleweed system and MATE desktop, Python 3.8.8 When attempting to connect to the demo server it crashes with: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘pygtkcompat’ As this was an issue for Tryton 5.0 ([https://discuss.tryton.org/t/why-does-tryton-still-needs-pygtkcompat-library/1608/13](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/why-does-tryton-still-needs-pygtkcompat-library/1608/13)), I seem to remember that full Python3/GTK3 compatibility was planned for Tryton 5.2? > [@Why does Tryton still needs pygtkcompat library?](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/why-does-tryton-still-needs-pygtkcompat-library/1608): > > Stumbled over this while compiling Tryton 5 client. According to [https://bugs.tryton.org/msg47158](https://bugs.tryton.org/msg47158) it should have been removed, as this seems to be not needed/not supported anymore in python-gobject. What is the solution? ---
**Author:** ![ced](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/user_avatar/discuss.tryton.org/ced/32/1237_2.png) [@ced](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/ced)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/tryton-requires-pygtkcompat-but-os-doesnt-provide-it/4726/2 "2021-10-25T16:07:25Z")
First you should complaint to OpenSUSE to explicitly remove some standard features of a package (which is not only for backward compatibility). Now `tryton` needs only `pygtkcompat.generictreemodel` (in `tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/list.py`). So you could copy the `generictreemodel.py` in this folder and replace the line: ```auto from pygtkcompat.generictreemodel import GenericTreeModel ``` by ```auto from .generictreemodel import GenericTreeModel ``` ---
**Author:** ![coogor](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/user_avatar/discuss.tryton.org/coogor/32/47_2.png) [@coogor](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/coogor)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/tryton-requires-pygtkcompat-but-os-doesnt-provide-it/4726/3 "2021-10-25T16:14:35Z")
> [@ced](#): > > First you should complaint to OpenSUSE to explicitly remove some standard features of a package (which is not only for backward compatibility). ..or just review the prior discussions on that, this should answer it. @fmorato - why dont you just use the tryton-packages in Application:ERP:Tryton:6.0 ? (OK, I have not announced its availability…but from the link on [tryton.org](http://tryton.org) one should get there) ---
**Author:** ![fmorato](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/user_avatar/discuss.tryton.org/fmorato/32/109_2.png) [@fmorato](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/fmorato)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/tryton-requires-pygtkcompat-but-os-doesnt-provide-it/4726/4 "2021-10-25T17:38:44Z")
Thanks for both answers. I can see from the [OpenSuse Tryton repo](https://build.opensuse.org/project/subprojects/Application:ERP:Tryton) that they are [manually adding `generictreemodel` to the Tryton package](https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/Application:ERP:Tryton:6.0/tryton/000-pygtkcompat.diff?expand=1). Adding the repo for Tryton 6.0 and installing the Tryton package. ```sh # zypper ar -f https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/ERP:/Tryton:/6.0/openSUSE_Tumbleweed Tryton # zypper in tryton ``` It’s nice to have it installed as a system package ^^ On a side note, I guess reading the threads and no mention of the repo, I totally forgot about the repository links on the website. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/uploads/default/original/1X/c6f8ec0a40525cdcd50058c734283450a4b3d38b.png) [@system](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/tryton-requires-pygtkcompat-but-os-doesnt-provide-it/4726/5 "2021-11-24T17:38:45Z")
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