# Cant get legato source **URL:** \ **Category:** Legato Application Framework\ **Created:** [November 25, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350 "2022-11-25T08:49:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![suneel.mekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@suneel.mekala](https://forum.legato.io/u/suneel.mekala)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350/1 "2022-11-25T08:49:11Z")
$ **leaf getsrc legato** _Run sync steps for fx30-cat1-legato-src\_19.11.5_ _Ready to sync in /home/suneel/myWorkspace/legato-src directory:_ _repo init -u ssh://git@github.com/legatoproject/manifest -m legato/releases/19.11.5/legato.xml -g default,proprietary ; repo sync_ _Proceed? (Y/n)_ _Y_ _Checking credentials…_ - File “/home/suneel/myWorkspace/legato-src/.repo/repo/main.py”, line 79\* - file=sys.stderr)\* _SyntaxError: invalid syntax_ _ERROR:_ - Something went wrong with `repo` command\* _HINTS:_ - Please check connection and credentials\* - Then try again leaf getsrc legato\* **I found that the python2.7 is the problem when I changed to python3 I got the following error :** $ leaf getsrc legato _Run sync steps for fx30-cat1-legato-src\_19.11.5_ _Ready to sync in /home/suneel/myWorkspace/legato-src directory:_ _repo init -u ssh://git@github.com/legatoproject/manifest -m legato/releases/19.11.5/legato.xml -g default,proprietary ; repo sync_ _Proceed? (Y/n)_ _Y_ _Checking credentials…_ _warning: Python 3 support is currently experimental. YMMV._ _Please use Python 2.6 - 2.7 instead._ _Traceback (most recent call last):_ - File “/home/suneel/myWorkspace/legato-src/.repo/repo/main.py”, line 38, in \* - from color import SetDefaultColoring\* - File “/home/suneel/myWorkspace/legato-src/.repo/repo/color.py”, line 18, in \* - import pager\* - File “/home/suneel/myWorkspace/legato-src/.repo/repo/pager.py”, line 63\* - sys.exit(f’fatal: cannot start pager “{pager}”')\* _SyntaxError: invalid syntax_ _ERROR:_ - Something went wrong with `repo` command\* _HINTS:_ - Please check connection and credentials\* - Then try again leaf getsrc legato\* ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.legato.io/jyijyi/32/822_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.legato.io/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350/2 "2022-11-25T09:44:15Z")
you can see here on how to use repo with python3: > You can see here for an example on downloading WP76 yocto source from Github: (it also uses repo with python3) > **[Git Repository](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/git-repository/24389/10)** > > I follow this document and I don’t see problem to download from github: Example on downloading WP76 yocto source from Github.docx (90.5 KB) owner@CNHKG-EX-001367:~/Yocto/WP76/R16\_test$ git config --global user.name "username"... ---
**Author:** ![suneel.mekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@suneel.mekala](https://forum.legato.io/u/suneel.mekala)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350/3 "2022-11-25T12:30:33Z")
The solution is to use python3 with repo. Which means I will have to change a lot of scripts in legeto framework which I dont want to do as it demands maintenance. What is the official statement on this issue ? I see with leaf it should just work. Is this a known issue and is someone working on it ? ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.legato.io/jyijyi/32/822_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.legato.io/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350/4 "2022-11-25T13:01:08Z")
Repo is for downloading code, not in legato framework Btw, a lot of user can download > **[Search results for 'Getsrc fx30' - Sierra Wireless Forum](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/search?q=Getsrc%20fx30)** > > Sierra Wireless Developer Community Forum You can also try in Ubuntu16 or Ubuntu18 in VMwware > [@Legato vscode install Ubuntu 22.04.1](https://forum.legato.io/t/legato-vscode-install-ubuntu-22-04-1/6301/3): > > So the only way to fix it is using an old Ubuntu version? ---
**Author:** ![suneel.mekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@suneel.mekala](https://forum.legato.io/u/suneel.mekala)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350/5 "2022-11-28T11:11:29Z")
By Legato framework I mean the legato development environment which is basically leaf. Leaf internally uses repo. It creates a dir .repo in legaro-src dir when you enter leaf getsrc legato and the solution above is to change this .repo to point to python3. This is a hack which I want to avoid . As there is no where in the documentation it is mentioned that python3 is needed. Infact leaf has dependencies on python2 not python3. ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.legato.io/jyijyi/32/822_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.legato.io/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350/6 "2022-11-28T11:32:03Z")
Don’t know why you cannot use python2 then… You can also try in Ubuntu16 or Ubuntu18 in VMwware ---
**Author:** ![suneel.mekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@suneel.mekala](https://forum.legato.io/u/suneel.mekala)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350/7 "2022-11-28T11:35:12Z")
Anyways I tried the above solution as well. But I am getting other errors: Run sync steps for fx30-cat1-legato-src\_19.11.5 Ready to sync in /home/suneel/myWorkspace/legato-src directory: repo init -u ssh://git@github.com/legatoproject/manifest -m legato/releases/19.11.5/legato.xml -g default,proprietary ; repo sync Proceed? (Y/n) Y Checking credentials… Traceback (most recent call last): File “/home/suneel/myWorkspace/legato-src/.repo/repo/main.py”, line 38, in from color import SetDefaultColoring File “/home/suneel/myWorkspace/legato-src/.repo/repo/color.py”, line 18, in import pager File “/home/suneel/myWorkspace/legato-src/.repo/repo/pager.py”, line 63 sys.exit(f’fatal: cannot start pager “{pager}”') ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax ERROR: Something went wrong with `repo` command HINTS: Please check connection and credentials Then try again leaf getsrc legato ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.legato.io/jyijyi/32/822_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.legato.io/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350/8 "2022-11-28T12:07:11Z")
Did you install pager? pip install pager ---
**Author:** ![suneel.mekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@suneel.mekala](https://forum.legato.io/u/suneel.mekala)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350/9 "2022-11-29T09:45:25Z")
It is installed. The problem is why it is reporting syntax error ? ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.legato.io/jyijyi/32/822_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.legato.io/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350/10 "2022-11-29T09:57:11Z")
no idea, i don’t have much experience in python… did you see problem on Ubuntu 16 or Ubuntu 18? ---
**Author:** ![suneel.mekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@suneel.mekala](https://forum.legato.io/u/suneel.mekala)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350/11 "2022-11-29T10:13:57Z")
16 Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial ---
**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.legato.io/jyijyi/32/822_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.legato.io/u/jyijyi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/cant-get-legato-source/6350/12 "2022-11-29T10:55:36Z")
Here is my environment in ubuntu 16 with VSCode to download leaf package : ```auto owner@CNHKG-EX-001367:~/QMI/MBPL/R23/USB$ leaf --version leaf version 2.1 owner@CNHKG-EX-001367:~/QMI/MBPL/R23/USB$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial owner@CNHKG-EX-001367:~/QMI/MBPL/R23/USB$ python --version Python 2.7.9 owner@CNHKG-EX-001367:~/QMI/MBPL/R23/USB$ python3 --version Python 3.5.3 ``` ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/legato1/original/2X/1/1f0b4ae30f7301631759ffff36a8b1ed363d9d9c.png) Other user also makes it work on Ubuntu18 VM machine: > [@Legato vscode install Ubuntu 22.04.1](https://forum.legato.io/t/legato-vscode-install-ubuntu-22-04-1/6301/6): > > Okay so we tested a virtual machine with Ubuntu 18 it works fine