Special requirements, how to install?

[fjeddy]

Hello,

I've been trying for a while now, on my existing Ubuntu 18.04 and a brand new Ubuntu 16.04, regardless of what I do, then I can't get it to run properly.

Either I'm getting errors saying I'm missing certain libraries, it then asks me to install a backend for vispy, I think, if I install the recommended one, PyQt it keeps telling me to install a backend, installing all of them bypasses the error ( Not sure which one actually makes me bypass it ), but then I get an error saying

Can't launch X server

Would love to get this working so I can generate different texture sizes then what's included with Mapcrafter default for 1.13, but I can't for life seem to get it running properly.

[m0r13]

Can't launch X server

Are you running it on a headless Ubuntu system without running X server / without any UI? Maybe I should explain it more explicitly that it's using OpenGL to render the block images. OpenGL mostly needs a X server and graphics driver to run, but it's also possible to use a software renderer (osmesa). I have created the Dockerfile to make use of that, maybe that can help you running Blockcrafter.

Unfortunately I haven't tried to use osmesa software rendering on any other system than the docker image, but maybe you could get it to run in the same way as in the docker image if you find out how to install osmesa on your system. Also I didn't have any issues with vispy asking me to install a backend, maybe the Vispy installation guide might be able to help you.

If you are running a server system without X server and want to run Blockcrafter there, I would really recommend you to use the Blockcrafter docker image. I created it specifically to spare any hassle in that use case.