It won't install on Ubuntu

[trappedinspacetime]

First of all, thank you for making this project. I am on Ubuntu 20.04 platform. I tried to install it but it fails to install pyobj library since it's platform specific ronaldoussoren/pyobjc#291
Is there a way to install it on Ubuntu?

[xfangfang]

@trappedinspacetime
This project is only for MacOS, I don't have enough time to add the support of other systems currently. However, you can change the code to make this run in a terminal temporarily.

1. Change SETTING_DIR in utils.py line 21
   SETTING_DIR is used to store configuration files. Change this to a directory available on Ubuntu
2. Change MPV parameters in mpv.py line 512 to 527
   • Modify the path of MPV to the path of MPV in your system. You can try mpv = 'mpv'
   • Modify the startup parameters of MPV (the startup parameters in the code contain many MacOS only contents now)
3. Remove rumps from Macast.py and requirements.txt
   • Remove rumps from requirements.txt
   • Remove import rumps from Macast.py line 6
   • Remove Macast class from Macast.py line 121
   • Modify the startup code in Macast.py line 189

   if __name__ == '__main__':
       startCherrypy()

After these modifications, the code should be able to run on Linux. And if you can wait, I will adapt this application to gnome's menubar later.(maybe a week)

[xfangfang]

@trappedinspacetime
I just ran it successfully on the menubar of Ubuntu 20.04. If you have time, can you test it on your computer?

you need:

1. pip install pystray
2. make sure you can use mpv in terminal
3. make sure you can use gi:

$ python3
Python 3.7.10 (default, Jun  3 2021, 17:51:26)
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import gi
>>>

if there is something wrong, try: sudo apt-get install python3-gi
if you use conda, check this https://stackoverflow.com/a/40303128

4. python3 Macast.py

Hope everything goes well. I'm not sure how to package a deb application. If you know anything, feel free to commit code.

[xfangfang]

Because many Linux users have reported that they can run normally, close this issue.