Python Script TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object

[different-name]

When running kcc-c2e.exe installed with pip, the following error occurs

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\harve\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\Scripts\kcc-c2e-script.py", line 33, in <module> sys.exit(load_entry_point('KindleComicConverter==5.5.2', 'console_scripts', 'kcc-c2e')()) File "C:\Users\harve\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\kindlecomicconverter\startup.py", line 46, in startC2E dependencyCheck(2) File "C:\Users\harve\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\kindlecomicconverter\shared.py", line 121, in dependencyCheck if StrictVersion('1.2.1') > StrictVersion(slugifyVersion): File "C:\Users\harve\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\distutils\version.py", line 40, in __init__ self.parse(vstring) File "C:\Users\harve\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\distutils\version.py", line 135, in parse match = self.version_re.match(vstring) TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object

Any tips?
Windows 11
Python 3.9.9
pip 21.2.4

[darodi]

the problem seems related to your slugify version.
try that in the python command line, what is the result?

from slugify import __version__ as slugifyVersion
print(slugifyVersion)
from distutils.version import StrictVersion
print(StrictVersion(slugifyVersion))

[different-name]

@darodi

>>> from slugify import __version__ as slugifyVersion
>>> print(slugifyVersion)
<module 'slugify.__version__' from 'C:\\Users\\harve\\AppData\\Roaming\\Python\\Python39\\site-packages\\slugify\\__version__.py'>
>>> from distutils.version import StrictVersion
>>> print(StrictVersion(slugifyVersion))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\harve\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\distutils\version.py", line 40, in __init__
    self.parse(vstring)
  File "C:\Users\harve\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\distutils\version.py", line 135, in parse
    match = self.version_re.match(vstring)
TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object

[darodi]

you should have a result like that:

>>> from slugify import __version__ as slugifyVersion
>>> print(slugifyVersion)
2.0.1

try reinstalling slugify

pip install "python-slugify>=1.2.1,<3.0.0"
then
pip install --user KindleComicConverter

or even better:

download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ciromattia/kcc/master/requirements.txt

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install --user KindleComicConverter

[different-name]

That worked, thanks - missed the version in the dependencies