attempt to make blenxy install its required modules by itself

2 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 5d783d2..b360c57 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from bpy.app.handlers import persistent
 def set_blenxy_env(dummy):              # "dummy" is a variable that is somehow
                                         # passed to set_blenxy_env when called by
                                         # bpy.app.handlers.load_post.append
-  
+  from . import required_modules        # install needed modules for bundled python (awful)
   from . import basic_settings          # settings blenxy has
   from . import collada_superbmd_import # "custom" importer for SuperBMD collada files
   from . import collada_superbmd_export # "custom" exporter for SuperBMD collada files
diff --git a/required_modules.py b/required_modules.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98af424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/required_modules.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# I tried...
+
+# setup pip with ensurepip if it isn't included
+try:
+  import pip
+except:
+  import ensurepip
+  ensurepip.bootstrap()
+  print("First exit!")
+  exit(0)
+
+# upgrade pip (check the version installed by ensurepip)
+if (int(pip.__version__.split('.')[0]) > 9):
+  from pip._internal import main
+else:
+  from pip import main
+
+# 24.0 is the last version for python3.7
+import certifi
+if (int(pip.__version__.split('.')[0]) < 24):
+  main(["install", "--cert", str(certifi.where()), "--upgrade", "--force-reinstall", "pip", "-q"])
+  print("Second exit!")
+  exit(0)
+import pip
+print("pip %s is installed!" % (pip.__version__))
+
+# check if lxml is installed
+try:
+  import lxml
+except:
+  main(["install", "lxml"])
+  print("Third exit!")
+  exit(0)
+print("lxml %s is installed!" % (lxml.__version__))
+
+# no more exits please...