Would like some help install Trelby (script writing software) via tar.gz

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hi-from-mike
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A rejoint: 12/10/2020

Hi,

I've been trying to install my favourite script/screen writing software available from https://www.trelby.org/download/ . I first tried the all.deb package and installing it with Gdebi Package Installer but it failed.

(according to the 'README' file found in the extracted folder)
"You have to copy trelby/ to /opt/trelby/. Afterwards you can run the
program with the command "/opt/trelby/src/trelby.py"."

Now I trying it from the Tar package provided. I've already extracted the file and and copied the trelby folder to /opt/trelby/ successfully, albeit as a drag and drop as an administrator, however whenever I hit the command /opt/trelby/src/trelby.py or in cd into the /opt/trelby/src/ and try to execute trelby.py (./trelby.py, I'm assuming) it claims that the file doesn't exist.

Now I must admit I am stuck on what to do here, cause I would really love to have this on my system since it's a fantastic writing software for story telling, and often when following recipe like this I wouldn't often be stuck or I'd just find another way around it, but I'm afraid I really need some help with this, and i would be very grateful for any advice anyone can give.

Please ask me any question you would like to investigate further.

Thank you

hi-from-mike

Geshmy
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A rejoint: 04/23/2015

I dunno. Trelby looks cool but latest release was in 2012. I tried to install using gdebi and got an error saying a dependency for python3-wxgtk2.8 was 'not satisfiable.' Today we are as high as python3-wxgtk4.0.
It says it is licensed under the GPL. Might need to be revived.

hi-from-mike
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A rejoint: 12/10/2020

Yeah, I've actually just noticed that it was still in 'python3-wxgtk2.8', so that's where the main problem lies, unless there was a way to run 2.8 within a container or emulate it in some way, but then I may as well be running it in WINE via the .exe file.

It definitely needs to be revived since it's a really good writing tool.

SenlinOS
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A rejoint: 06/29/2022

You can use the LibreOffice-Writer screenplay template:

https://github.com/earthbound19/FountainLibreOfficeTools

hi-from-mike
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A rejoint: 12/10/2020

Thanks SenlinOS, I take a look at it. Probably something I'll be using for the meantime.

hi-from-mike
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A rejoint: 12/10/2020

I've tried the template for Libreoffice, it's just not the same in terms of productivity and performance.

However I did find this which someone had compiled Trelby by Source and allows users to download it, or follow the tutorial of building it yourself.

https://blokk.one/article/category/software/alias/how-to-compile-trelby-from-source/#blog

It's finally great to get it up and running again.

Thank you all for your involvement

coney
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A rejoint: 01/18/2019

Trelby development seems to have halted, but someone is continuing development here: https://github.com/limburgher/trelby

Some versions have .deb files available, otherwise there are instructions to build from source.

This fork also resolves the python dependency issue.