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amone
amone

Reputation: 3862

python's gi module is not compatible with python3

I'm trying to run a python (version 3.6.2) program that also uses the "gi" module. When I try to import the "gi", it gives me the error below:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 39
    print url
            ^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'

The only thing that I do is to import it.

import gi

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1294

Answers (1)

developer_hatch
developer_hatch

Reputation: 16214

You can use the tool 2to3 is an Automated Python 2 to 3 code translation, you can get over a ride throw the old python and making the changes work into python 3, I make a simple example like this:

I created this file, python2.py:

#!python3

print 5

when I run it with python it obviously shows:

line 3
    print 5          ^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'

so, you can transform it via terminal like this:

This is the important comand

$ 2to3 -w home/path_to_file/python2.py

-w parameter will write the file, if you want only see the future changes without apply them, just run it without -w. after run it it will show something like

root: Generating grammar tables from /usr/lib/python2.7/lib2to3/PatternGrammar.txt
RefactoringTool: Refactored Desktop/stackoverflow/goto.py
--- Desktop/stackoverflow/goto.py   (original)
+++ Desktop/stackoverflow/goto.py   (refactored)
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!python3

-print 5
+print(5)
RefactoringTool: Files that were modified:

And the file will look like:

#!python3

print(5)

Upvotes: 1

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