Okay I compiled my own python3.10 from source and worked around the problem with ssl cert validation by setting SSL_CERT_DIR in the systemd environment as detailed in other threads. Hopefully this will be stable now and not getting broken by random updates to mainline arch python or whateveer. I use...

I had assumed that setting the 'User' field in the user.conf systemd file would be sufficient to run as the deluge user,and to acquire the environment variables set for it. I needed to add the User= field to the deluged.service file AND add an EnvironmentFile field there as well to get it to work. A...

Oh you are right - I thought putting the var into the .bashrc file would be sufficient but it isn't. If I run the daemon directly outside systemd with the var set then it does work. Thanks.

Hi (yes its me again) I have encountered the same error, but putting 'export SSL_CERT_DIR=/etc/ssl/certs' in my deluge user environment does not seem to fix the issue at the moment.

I did try adding '--root=/': # python setup.py install --root=/ but I seem to have the same problem: root@nelly # systemctl status deluged.service × deluged.service - Deluge Bittorrent Client Daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/deluged.service; enabled; preset: disabled) Drop-In: /etc/systemd...

Ok thanks mherz. Is there a python version you recommend for building deluge? archlinux is on 3.11 - but might an older version be better?

I will set up a new venv to build & run deluge.

No need for sorry! I am very grateful for your kind attention. I'm afraid I don't seem to have any .cache versions of setuptools. I tried building again and the output ends with: /home/_____/repos/deluge root@nelly # python setup.py install .. Installed /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/deluge-2.1.1...

Oh thanks - do I need to pin setuptools version back then? Do I do that in archlinux package manager pacman?
Sorry, I've been building my own deluge 2 from git for years but I don't know much about the build system.

root@nelly # systemctl status deluged.service × deluged.service - Deluge Bittorrent Client Daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/deluged.service; enabled; preset: disabled) Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/deluged.service.d └─user.conf Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2024-04-03 16:28:5...

This works! Awesome! Thank you very much.