epubcheck plugin for Sigil

[DiapDealer]

We did have a few reports on Linux where plugins couldn't be installed with 0.9.5/6 (claims of invalid zip files), but this seems different. Time will tell if it's an isolated incident, I guess. We've had over 4,000 downloads of the Windows installer packages for 0.9.7 so far, and this is the first report of not being able to install plugins. We'll have to wait and see. If there's a problem, it will eventually come to light.

[KevinH]

I still want to know if Use Bundled Interpreter is checked on not. Any old python 2.7 path set will still exist in the settings file and maybe that is the issue?

KevinH

[slowsmile]

I've also just download and re-installed Sigil 0.9.7 again. After install I remove Epubcheck and tried to install the new plugin again through Sigil and it failed again with the usual error.

I was unable to check Sigil's sha256 checksum because I only have sha-1, CRC and MD5 check capability.

So I guess this problem isn't caused by a corrupt download.

[slowsmile]

KevinH...The "Use Bundled Interpreter" was ticked on all my failed plugin install attempts.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by slowsmile

I was unable to check Sigil's sha256 checksum because I only have sha-1, CRC and MD5 check capability.

So I guess this problem isn't caused by a corrupt download.

I was suggesting the downloaded plugin file may have been corrupt, not the Sigil installer itself. Have you, in fact, deleted the plugin zipfile and downloaded a new copy yet?

[slowsmile]

I've just checked my downloaded Sigil setup exe(Windows 64-bit) sha256 value against Sigil's 0.9.7 release sha256 value on Github and they are both the same.

[slowsmile]

@DiapDealer...I've downloaded Epubcheck_v0.3.8 at least 4 times and tried to install them separately

[DiapDealer]

Are you uninstalling 0.9.6 before installing 0.9.7, out of curiosity?

[slowsmile]

I think I've solved the problem.

I noticed that the advertised plugin is named:

EpubCheck_v0.3.8.zip

But, after download, the zipped plugin is named:

epubcheck_v0.3.8.zip

So I just changed the downloaded plugin name to EpubCheck_v0.3.8.zip and it was accepted without problems or errors by the Sigil plugin interface. It installed correctly in other words.

And, I don't know if this means anything, but I also checked the plugin.xml file and that showed the plugin name as "EpubCheck".

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by slowsmile

I think I've solved the problem.

I noticed that the advertised plugin is named:

EpubCheck_v0.3.8

But, after download, the zipped plugin is named:

epubcheck_v0.3.8

So I just changed the downloaded plugin name to EpubCheck_v0.3.8 and it was accepted without problems or errors by the Sigil plugin interface. It installed correctly in other words.

Well that's odd. The attachment (first post of the plugin's thread) is correctly named. I wonder what's renaming it when you download it? The file retains the proper casing whenever I download it. Weird.

Glad it's solved, though. And that it's not a Sigil or plugin issue afterall

[slowsmile]

@DiapDealer...No, I installed Sigil 0.9.7 over the old version(without uninstalling it) to preserve my plugins and the new version works fine.

[slowsmile]

@DiapDealer...Yes, you are right -- it's not a Sigil problem. With humble apologies for such a vicious accusation.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by slowsmile

@DiapDealer...No, I installed Sigil 0.9.7 over the old version(without uninstalling it) to preserve my plugins and the new version works fine.

Just so you know, uninstalling sigil won't affect installed plugins (or preferences). Plugins are saved in the user preferences directory which persists. They'll still all be there waiting for you after you reinstall.

It's not required to uninstall, of course, but I have recommended it for Windows users for this particular release. It's your choice, but just know that it's going to be one of the first recommendations when it comes to plugin troubleshooting.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by slowsmile

@DiapDealer...Yes, you are right -- it's not a Sigil problem. With humble apologies for such a vicious accusation.

I detected no viciousness.

[slowsmile]

Even worse. I was annoyed and couldn't understand why the Epubcheck plugin name would revert to lower case so I investigated further and found the actual reason for this problem. I had recently installed a fast browser downloader called Extreme Download(XDM). Little did I realize that this downloader automatically converts the downloaded item name to lowercase. So the Epubcheck name problem was actually caused by a poor choice on my part. I have since uninstalled XDM and will never use it again.