setup.py Not Found When Trying To Install YouCompleteMe

Question

When i try to run:

python3 install.py --all

For a while it loads things but then i get:

/usr/bin/python3: can't open file 'setup.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Failed to build watchdog module.

My Install is a fresh minimal install of Ubuntu 20.04, so far i've tried:

sudo apt install build-essential
sudo apt install python3-dev
pip3 install setuptools
pip3 install --upgrade setuptools

I also saw, that i should run this, from where the "setup.py" file is but i cannot find that also

Any help is much appreciated!

Answer 1

Did you actually download YouCompleteMe first? You run the python3 install.py command from within the directory you downloaded it to. Notice the instructions here. See how the commands go:

cd ~/.vim/bundle/YouCompleteMe
python3 install.py --all

The first cd command goes to the directory that it assumes you downloaded the plugin to.