Getting a "TypeError: Descriptors cannot be created directly" error when running zotify on Arch

[willmaddrey]

I tried reinstalling both zotify and zotify-git from the AUR, both gave me this issue whenever I run any zotify command.

`Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File "", line 88, in _run_code
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/zotify/main.py", line 10, in
from zotify.app import client
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/zotify/app.py", line 1, in
from librespot.audio.decoders import AudioQuality
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/librespot/init.py", line 3, in
from librespot.proto.Keyexchange_pb2 import BuildInfo, Platform, Product, ProductFlags
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/librespot/proto/Keyexchange_pb2.py", line 31, in
_descriptor.EnumValueDescriptor(
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google/protobuf/descriptor.py", line 920, in new
_message.Message._CheckCalledFromGeneratedFile()
TypeError: Descriptors cannot be created directly.
If this call came from a _pb2.py file, your generated code is out of date and must be regenerated with protoc >= 3.19.0.
If you cannot immediately regenerate your protos, some other possible workarounds are:

1. Downgrade the protobuf package to 3.20.x or lower.
2. Set PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION=python (but this will use pure-Python parsing and will be much slower).

More information: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/news/2022-05-06#python-updates
`

[hunkyburrito]

This seems to be due to python-librespot using an outdated python-protobuf version (kokarare1212/librespot-python#130).

As the error message states, the easiest workaround for running zotify would be setting the environment variable (i.e. PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION=python zotify ...).

[willmaddrey]

@hunkyburrito that did the trick, thanks!