Based on the discussion at https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9726 - even though the setuptools documentation implies that it is possible to guard script execution with optional dependency groups, this is not true in practice with the scripts generated by pip.
Just do the simple thing and guard the import statements. Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com> cherry picked from commit df520dcacf9a75dd4c82ab1129768de4128b554c Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com> --- python/qemu/qmp/qmp_tui.py | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/python/qemu/qmp/qmp_tui.py b/python/qemu/qmp/qmp_tui.py index 562be008d5e..53ea6c59a71 100644 --- a/python/qemu/qmp/qmp_tui.py +++ b/python/qemu/qmp/qmp_tui.py @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import logging from logging import Handler, LogRecord import signal +import sys from typing import ( List, Optional, @@ -30,10 +31,20 @@ cast, ) -from pygments import lexers -from pygments import token as Token -import urwid -import urwid_readline + +try: + from pygments import lexers + from pygments import token as Token + import urwid + import urwid_readline +except ModuleNotFoundError as exc: + print( + f"Module '{exc.name}' not found.", + "You need the optional 'tui' group: pip install qemu.qmp[tui]", + sep='\n', + file=sys.stderr, + ) + sys.exit(1) from .error import ProtocolError from .legacy import QEMUMonitorProtocol, QMPBadPortError -- 2.50.1