Quarks.gui empty on Windows?

stwbass · July 10, 2021, 1:29am

Quarks.gui

will open a window but there is nothing listed.

I tried clicking on Check for Updates thinking it might just need to be populated (I’ve never opened it on this machine) and I get this error in the post window

ERROR: Failed to read quarks directory listing: https://github.com/supercollider-quarks/quarks.git
ERROR: Primitive '_FileReadLine' failed.
Failed.

Am I missing a step?

jamshark70 · July 10, 2021, 2:55am

Quarks automatic download requires git version control software.

However, I’ve never been able to get quarks to work automatically in Windows. The git subprocess returns with an error and then sclang hangs. (At least that was the case a couple years ago; I’m pretty sure it hasn’t changed much since then.) There are already bug reports filed.

hjh

stwbass · July 10, 2021, 3:37am

thanks. manual downloads it is!

poison0ak · July 11, 2021, 5:02am

I use windows, and it works for me v3.11.2 for the last 4 months or so.

stwbass · July 11, 2021, 5:15am

when you installed git did you do anything other than the defaults? it was still giving me trouble. I’m on Windows 10 Pro 20H2

poison0ak · July 11, 2021, 6:37am

No. Do you have the environment variable set? If you open SC as admin does it change?

stwbass · July 12, 2021, 3:44am

Probably not, I didn’t know I needed to set anything. What environment variable do I need to set?

I just run Quarks.gui and get an empty window.

poison0ak · July 12, 2021, 5:31am

I think when you install git for Windows, depending on how you installed it, it should have an option to set git in your PATH. This way its global in your environment.

Otherwise try this:
https://www.answerlookup.com/how-add-git-windows-path-environment-variable

Then I would re-install SuperCollider, and if that doesn’t work let me know. Also reboot.

If none of this works, is the “recompile class library” button greyed out in the Quarks window?
If you navigate to: C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\downloaded-quarks\quarks\ and open “directory.txt” what’s in it?

I have had this problem twice last year, and there is an issue on github:

github.com/supercollider/supercollider

Quarks windows path error bug

opened 11:24AM - 05 May 15 UTC

closed 07:10AM - 12 May 15 UTC

crucialfelix

bug os: Windows quarks

Reported by @bagong : This is an unlucky overlap of different issues. The basic… parse error is still there. Currently is it as follows: - if no folder is in sc's include path (manually in preferences or via Quarks.install) it is possible to install one Quark like so: Quarks.install("Mathlib"). The install ends cleanly. - the second install will complain: `ERROR: C:\Users\Rainer\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\downloaded-quarks\MathLib not found` - starting Quarks.gui from a completely clean install will make Quarks fetch directory.txt (the `quarks` folder is created and populated properly) and then fail as posted below. It seems Quarks can't read path's on Windows. Including/Excluding folders in preferences works as expected. ``` init_OSC empty compiling class library... initPassOne started NumPrimitives = 691 initPassOne done compiling dir: 'C:\Users\Rainer\Projects\jenkins\SCWin\workspace\buildVS64\Install\SuperCollider\SCClassLibrary' pass 1 done numentries = 812525 / 11246520 = 0.072 5066 method selectors, 2220 classes method table size 12354592 bytes, big table size 89972160 Number of Symbols 11560 Byte Code Size 349088 compiled 315 files in 0.43 seconds Info: 2 methods are currently overwritten by extensions. To see which, execute: MethodOverride.printAll compile done Class tree inited in 0.02 seconds Cleaning up temp synthdefs... *** Welcome to SuperCollider 3.7alpha0. *** For help press Ctrl-D. file "C:\Users\Rainer\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\Help\scdoc_version" does not exist. SCDoc: Indexing help-files... SCDoc: Indexed 1339 documents in 1.79 seconds Interpreter has crashed or stopped forcefully. [Exit code: -1073741819] init_OSC empty compiling class library... initPassOne started NumPrimitives = 691 initPassOne done compiling dir: 'C:\Users\Rainer\Projects\jenkins\SCWin\workspace\buildVS64\Install\SuperCollider\SCClassLibrary' pass 1 done numentries = 812525 / 11246520 = 0.072 5066 method selectors, 2220 classes method table size 12354592 bytes, big table size 89972160 Number of Symbols 11560 Byte Code Size 349088 compiled 315 files in 0.39 seconds Info: 2 methods are currently overwritten by extensions. To see which, execute: MethodOverride.printAll compile done Class tree inited in 0.02 seconds Cleaning up temp synthdefs... *** Welcome to SuperCollider 3.7alpha0. *** For help press Ctrl-D. Fetching https://github.com/supercollider-quarks/quarks.git ERROR: C:\Users\Rainer\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\downloaded-quarks\quarks not found CALL STACK: Exception:reportError 0000000143FA3E68 arg this = <instance of Error> Nil:handleError 0000000102B08C88 arg this = nil arg error = <instance of Error> Thread:handleError 0000000102A96B68 arg this = <instance of Thread> arg error = <instance of Error> Object:throw 0000000143F7A658 arg this = <instance of Error> Meta_Quark:new 0000000144F90598 arg this = <instance of Meta_Quark> arg name = "C:\Users\Rainer\AppData\Loca..." arg refspec = nil var args = nil Meta_Quarks:quarkNameAsLocalPath 000000014413B2D8 arg this = <instance of Meta_Quarks> arg name = "C:\Users\Rainer\AppData\Loca..." Meta_Quark:fromLocalPath 0000000144F63998 arg this = <instance of Meta_Quark> arg path = "C:\Users\Rainer\AppData\Loca..." var name = nil var url = nil var refspec = nil < FunctionDef in Method Meta_Quarks:all > 000000014413BB18 arg path = "C:\Users\Rainer\AppData\Loca..." ArrayedCollection:do 000000014413C988 arg this = [*1] arg function = <instance of Function> var i = 0 Meta_Quarks:all 000000014532BBD8 arg this = <instance of Meta_Quarks> var all = <instance of Dictionary> var f = <instance of Function> QuarksGui:update 000000014532C318 arg this = <instance of QuarksGui> var recompile = false QuarksGui:init 0000000145414F68 arg this = <instance of QuarksGui> var bounds = <instance of Rect> var btnUpdateDirectory = <instance of Button> var btnQuarksHelp = <instance of Button> var btnInstallFolder = <instance of Button> var btnOpenFolder = nil var btnClear = <instance of Button> var btnLoad = <instance of Button> var btnSave = <instance of Button> Interpreter:interpretPrintCmdLine 00000001454159D8 arg this = <instance of Interpreter> var res = nil var func = <instance of Function> var code = "Quarks.gui" var doc = nil var ideClass = <instance of Meta_ScIDE> Process:interpretPrintCmdLine 00000001453A8958 arg this = <instance of Main> ^^ The preceding error dump is for ERROR: C:\Users\Rainer\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\downloaded-quarks\quarks not found ```

but each time I was able to resolve it.