[SOLVED] pyrate Installed but Does Not Show up as WB Option

[NormandC]

FreeCAD18 (and 17, I guess) is, unfortunately, still based on Python2

That's incorrect. All 0.18.1 binaries provided by the FreeCAD project on Github are now based on Python 3. Only binaries/installers provided by third-party packagers may still be based on Python 2, such as the snap and flatpak packages.

The freecad-stable PPA for Ubuntu provides a dual Python2/3 metapackage; the Python version can easily be switched from a terminal using

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sudo update-alternatives --config freecad

provided you have both freecad-python2 and freecad-python3 packages installed.

[cflin]

@NormandC: Thank you for all this information!

The freecad-stable PPA for Ubuntu provides a dual Python2/3 metapackage

I don't have the freecad-python3 package installed. apt-get cannot find it, although 'apt-cache policy | grep freecad' lists several repos with 'freecad-stable' in them.

[NormandC]

Deleted irrelevant reply due to ignoring previous information provided in the topic!

[NormandC]

I'm sorry, I forgot that you are using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It contains a version of Qt5 that's too old to support Pyside2 required to work with Python 3. The Python 2/3 metapackage is only available on Ubuntu 18.04 and onward. The freecad package for 16.04 will remain stuck with Qt4 and Python 2.

[cflin]

@NormandC:

I'm sorry, I forgot that you are using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It contains a version of Qt5 that's too old to support Pyside2 required to work with Python 3.

Thank you again! It seems that anaconda includes Freecad. My anaconda is up to date. So, if I install FreeCAD in the anaconda environment, it should take care of Python 3, since I don't have Python2 installed anywhere under anaconda? Otherwise, I may have to bite the bullet and upgrade to 18.04LTS.

[looo]

So, if I install FreeCAD in the anaconda environment, it should take care of Python 3, since I don't have Python2 installed anywhere under anaconda?

All freecad packages on anaconda are build with python3 and qt5.