Robot Framework - Can't start RIDE on MacOS

Question

Context

I want to build an Environment for mobile auto tests. Concerning the tools, I want to use Appium with Robot Framework.

MacOS Mojave (10.14.6)

Problem

I want to use RIDE to write my tests but I'm not able to launch it.

I followed the Installation Guide in the README and I've have tested so many ways to have a good environment but I failed every time and I'm lost... What I have tested:

• python3.9 with the last version of Robot Framework, as specified in the README, 2.0b2.dev1
• python3.9 with the last released version, ie 1.7.4.2
• python2.7 with RF 1.7.4.2 and the last one
• python3.8 with the same two versions of RF

And none is working.

Below are the logs with Python 3.8 and RIDE 2.0b2.dev1 when I try to launch RIDE

$ ride.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/application/application.py", line 64, in OnInit
    self._plugin_loader.enable_plugins()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/application/pluginloader.py", line 36, in enable_plugins
    p.enable_on_startup()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/application/pluginconnector.py", line 52, in enable_on_startup
    self.enable()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/application/pluginconnector.py", line 57, in enable
    self._plugin.enable()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/contrib/testrunner/testrunnerplugin.py", line 225, in enable
    self._add_tab_to_notebook()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/contrib/testrunner/testrunnerplugin.py", line 814, in _add_tab_to_notebook
    self._output_panel = self._build_output_panel(self.panel)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/contrib/testrunner/testrunnerplugin.py", line 842, in _build_output_panel
    self.show_message_log,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/pluginapi/plugin.py", line 136, in __getattr__
    raise AttributeError("No attribute or settings with name '%s' found" % name)
AttributeError: No attribute or settings with name 'show_message_log' found
OnInit returned false, exiting...
Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:
wx._core.wxAssertionError: C++ assertion "GetEventHandler() == this" failed at /Users/robind/projects/bb2/dist-osx-py38/build/ext/wxWidgets/src/common/wincmn.cpp(470) in ~wxWindowBase(): any pushed event handlers must have been removed

And here are the installed frameworks

$ pip3 list
Package             Version
------------------- ----------
numpy               1.19.5
Pillow              8.1.0
pip                 20.3.3
psutil              5.8.0
Pygments            2.7.4
Pypubsub            4.0.3
robotframework-ride 2.0b2.dev1
setuptools          51.1.1
six                 1.15.0
wheel               0.36.2
wxPython            4.1.1

Can anyone help me ?

Answer 1

That problem should be already fixed in current development branch. Please try to install with:

pip install -U https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/archive/master.zip

EDIT: You can try to install from my colours branch:

pip3 install -U https://github.com/HelioGuilherme66/RIDE/archive/colours.zip

Or add the missing attribute show_message_log = True in the [Test Runner] section of the file settings.cfg.