From f7ccd56ec0c6048556be5914eb691355f96beb47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Smittix <smittix@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 13:24:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix setup.sh venv detection on fresh Debian installs
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- Check for venv/bin/activate file instead of just venv directory
- Add error handling when python3-venv package is not installed
- Clean up incomplete venv directories from failed attempts
- Provide helpful instructions to install python3-venv

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 setup.sh | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 17d1e25..7a3db9f 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ install_python_deps() {
     if [ -n "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
         echo "Using virtual environment: $VIRTUAL_ENV"
         pip install -r requirements.txt
-    elif [ -d "venv" ]; then
+    elif [ -f "venv/bin/activate" ]; then
         echo "Found existing venv, activating..."
         source venv/bin/activate
         pip install -r requirements.txt
@@ -97,7 +97,22 @@ install_python_deps() {
         echo ""
         echo -e "${YELLOW}System Python is externally managed (PEP 668).${NC}"
         echo "Creating virtual environment..."
-        python3 -m venv venv
+
+        # Remove any incomplete venv directory from previous failed attempts
+        if [ -d "venv" ] && [ ! -f "venv/bin/activate" ]; then
+            echo "Removing incomplete venv directory..."
+            rm -rf venv
+        fi
+
+        if ! python3 -m venv venv; then
+            echo -e "${RED}Error: Failed to create virtual environment${NC}"
+            echo ""
+            echo "On Debian/Ubuntu, install the venv module with:"
+            echo "  sudo apt install python3-venv"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Then run this setup script again."
+            exit 1
+        fi
         source venv/bin/activate
         pip install -r requirements.txt
         echo ""