.ani to xcursor

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I need help converting .ani to xcursor, I have tried using win2xcur yet it didnt work, i tried reinstalling it but with pipx and pipx cant be installed for some reason, so I don’t know if someone could either help me convert it myself or could do me a favour and convert it for me and send me the cursor

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Hello @kainess and welcome to forum! :enos_flag:

Simpliest way to convert a cursor is to create a python virtual enviroment (venv) and run pip install win2xcur and then run either python3 -m win2xcur pathtocursor/cursorname.ani -o output_path
or win2xcur pathtocursor/cursorname.ani -o output_path

As an alternative you can use AUR Package - ani2xcursor
Or download directly from author’s GitHub - GitHub Repo

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hi! tysm for answering, I did try what you suggest but win2xcur kept on saying “win2xcur: command not found”
and when I tried installing ani2xcursor I just couldn’t download it

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it also says this: WARNING: “The scripts inspectcur, win2xcur, win2xcurtheme, x2wincur and x2wincurtheme are installed in ‘/home/usuario/.local/bin’ which is not on PATH.
Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, us e–no-warn-script-location.”

I don’t know if this is the reason why it didn’t work

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What exactly happens when you try to download it?

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Try to install win2xcur using commands below:

python3 -m venv .venv

source .venv/bin/activate

pip install win2xcur

and finally:

win2xcur
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I did exactly what you said and when I type win2xcur it answers with “win2xcur: command not found”

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Try to enter - .venv/bin/win2xcur --help

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said:
bash: .venv/bin/win2xcur: The file or directory does not exist.

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Strange, in which directory did you create your .venv? And in what working directory are you in right now?

P.S: Last one can be checked with pwd

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im working in /home/user/ and venv is in /home/user/

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Can you list contents of .venv/bin/ with ls -a?

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I don’t really know how to interpret it but it said this

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Do this:

  1. cd .venv/bin
  2. ls -a
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cd in python and python3 folder and check their contents

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Strange. Sadly, I don’t know much about how Ubuntu treats pip packages :frowning:

I will try to do some research but maybe other members of our forum could help you.
Or you can ask on Ubuntu forums about this problem

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Try this:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install pipx

pipx ensurepath

pipx install win2xcur

and then post results of those commands

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tysmm!! i will try right now what you suggested