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ghidra/Ghidra/Features/PyGhidra/support/pyghidra_launcher.py
Ryan Kurtz 56252685c0 GP-6252: pyghidra_launcher.py fixes
pyghidra_launcher.py can now use an existing pyghidra
installation in an externally managed environment. Upgrading is disabled
in this scenario.

Fixed an issue with getting the package version from an arbitrary
environment
2025-12-19 07:35:45 -05:00

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import argparse
import platform
import os
import sys
import subprocess
import sysconfig
from pathlib import Path
from itertools import chain
from typing import List, Dict, Tuple, Optional
def get_application_properties(install_dir: Path) -> Dict[str, str]:
app_properties_path: Path = install_dir / 'Ghidra' / 'application.properties'
props: Dict[str, str] = {}
with open(app_properties_path, 'r') as f:
for line in f:
line = line.strip()
if not line or line.startswith('#') or line.startswith('!'):
continue
key, value = line.split('=', 1)
if key:
props[key] = value
return props
def get_launch_properties(install_dir: Path, dev: bool) -> List[str]:
if dev:
launch_properties_path: Path = install_dir / 'Ghidra' / 'RuntimeScripts' / 'Common' / 'support' / 'launch.properties'
else:
launch_properties_path: Path = install_dir / 'support' / 'launch.properties'
props: List[str] = []
with open(launch_properties_path, 'r') as f:
for line in f:
line = line.strip()
if not line or line.startswith('#') or line.startswith('!'):
continue
props.append(line)
return props
def get_user_settings_dir(install_dir: Path, dev: bool) -> Path:
app_props: Dict[str, str] = get_application_properties(install_dir)
app_name: str = app_props['application.name'].replace(' ', '').lower()
app_version: str = app_props['application.version']
app_release_name: str = app_props['application.release.name']
versioned_name: str = f'{app_name}_{app_version}_{app_release_name}'
if dev:
ghidra_repos_config = install_dir / 'ghidra.repos.config'
dir_name = install_dir.parent.name if ghidra_repos_config.is_file() else install_dir.name
versioned_name += f'_location_{dir_name}'
# Check for application.settingsdir in launch.properties
for launch_prop in get_launch_properties(install_dir, dev):
if launch_prop.startswith('VMARGS=-Dapplication.settingsdir='):
application_settingsdir = launch_prop[launch_prop.rindex('=')+1:]
if application_settingsdir:
return Path(application_settingsdir) / app_name / versioned_name
# Check for XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable
xdg_config_home: str = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
if xdg_config_home:
return Path(xdg_config_home) / app_name / versioned_name
# Default to platform-specific locations
if platform.system() == 'Windows':
return Path(os.environ['APPDATA']) / app_name / versioned_name
if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
return Path.home() / 'Library' / app_name / versioned_name
return Path.home() / '.config' / app_name / versioned_name
def find_supported_python_exe(install_dir: Path, dev: bool) -> List[str]:
python_cmds = []
saved_python_cmd = get_saved_python_cmd(install_dir, dev)
if saved_python_cmd is not None:
python_cmds.append(saved_python_cmd)
print("Last used Python executable: " + str(saved_python_cmd))
props: Dict[str, str] = get_application_properties(install_dir)
prop: str = 'application.python.supported'
supported: List[str] = [s.strip() for s in props.get(prop, '').split(',')]
if '' in supported:
raise ValueError(f'Invalid "{prop}" value in application.properties file')
python_cmds += list(chain.from_iterable([[f'python{s}'], ['py', f'-{s}']] for s in supported))
python_cmds += [['python3'], ['python'], ['py']]
for cmd in python_cmds:
try:
result = subprocess.run(cmd + ['-c', 'import sys; print("{0}.{1}".format(*sys.version_info))'], capture_output=True, text=True)
version = result.stdout.strip()
if result.returncode == 0 and version in supported:
return cmd
except FileNotFoundError:
pass
return None
def in_venv() -> bool:
return sys.prefix != sys.base_prefix
def is_externally_managed() -> bool:
get_default_scheme = 'get_default_scheme'
if hasattr(sysconfig, get_default_scheme):
# Python 3.10 and later
default_scheme = getattr(sysconfig, get_default_scheme)
else:
# Python 3.9
default_scheme = getattr(sysconfig, f'_{get_default_scheme}')
marker: Path = Path(sysconfig.get_path("stdlib", default_scheme())) / 'EXTERNALLY-MANAGED'
return marker.is_file()
def get_venv_exe(venv_dir: Path) -> List[str]:
win_python_cmd: str = str(venv_dir / 'Scripts' / 'python.exe')
linux_python_cmd: str = str(venv_dir / 'bin' / 'python3')
return [win_python_cmd] if platform.system() == 'Windows' else [linux_python_cmd]
def get_ghidra_venv(install_dir: Path, dev: bool) -> Path:
return (install_dir / 'build' if dev else get_user_settings_dir(install_dir, dev)) / 'venv'
def create_ghidra_venv(python_cmd: List[str], venv_dir: Path) -> None:
print(f'Creating Ghidra virtual environment at {venv_dir}...')
subprocess.run(python_cmd + ['-m', 'venv', venv_dir.absolute()])
def version_tuple(v: str) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
filled = []
for point in v.split("."):
filled.append(point.zfill(8))
return tuple(filled)
def get_package_version(python_cmd: List[str], package: str) -> Optional[str]:
source = f'import importlib.metadata as m; print(m.version("{package}"))'
result = subprocess.run(python_cmd + ['-c', source], capture_output=True, text=True)
return result.stdout.strip() if result.returncode == 0 else None
def get_saved_python_cmd(install_dir: Path, dev: bool) -> List[str]:
user_settings_dir: Path = get_user_settings_dir(install_dir, dev)
save_file: Path = user_settings_dir / 'python_command.save'
if not save_file.is_file():
return None
ret = []
with open(save_file, 'r') as f:
for line in f:
ret.append(line.strip())
return ret
def save_python_cmd(install_dir: Path, python_cmd: List[str], dev: bool) -> None:
user_settings_dir: Path = get_user_settings_dir(install_dir, dev)
if not user_settings_dir.is_dir():
user_settings_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
save_file: Path = user_settings_dir / 'python_command.save'
with open(save_file, 'w') as f:
f.write('\n'.join(python_cmd) + '\n')
def install(install_dir: Path, python_cmd: List[str], pip_args: List[str], offer_venv: bool) -> List[str]:
install_choice: str = input('Do you wish to install PyGhidra (y/n)? ')
if install_choice.lower() in ('y', 'yes'):
if offer_venv:
ghidra_venv_choice: str = input('Install into new Ghidra virtual environment (y/n)? ')
if ghidra_venv_choice.lower() in ('y', 'yes'):
venv_dir = get_ghidra_venv(install_dir, False)
create_ghidra_venv(python_cmd, venv_dir)
python_cmd = get_venv_exe(venv_dir)
print(f'Switching to Ghidra virtual environment: {venv_dir}')
elif ghidra_venv_choice.lower() in ('n', 'no'):
system_venv_choice: str = input('Install into system environment (y/n)? ')
if not system_venv_choice.lower() in ('y', 'yes'):
print('Must answer "y" to the prior choices, or launch in an already active virtual environment.')
return None
else:
print('Please answer yes or no.')
return None
subprocess.check_call(python_cmd + pip_args)
return python_cmd
elif not install_choice.lower() in ('n', 'no'):
print('Please answer yes or no.')
return None
def upgrade(python_cmd: List[str], pip_args: List[str], dist_dir: Path, current_pyghidra_version: str) -> bool:
included_pyghidra: Path = next(dist_dir.glob('pyghidra-*.whl'), None)
if included_pyghidra is None:
print('Warning: included pyghidra wheel was not found', file=sys.stderr)
return
included_version = included_pyghidra.name.split('-')[1]
current_version = current_pyghidra_version
if version_tuple(included_version) > version_tuple(current_version):
print(f'PyGhidra upgrade available: {current_version} -> {included_version}')
if is_externally_managed():
print(f'Automated upgrade is not supported in an externally managed environment')
return False
choice: str = input(f'Do you wish to upgrade PyGhidra {current_version} to {included_version} (y/n)? ')
if choice.lower() in ('y', 'yes'):
pip_args.append('-U')
subprocess.check_call(python_cmd + pip_args)
return True
else:
print('Skipping upgrade')
return False
def main() -> None:
# Parse command line arguments
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=Path(__file__).name)
parser.add_argument('install_dir', metavar='<install dir>', help='Ghidra installation directory')
parser.add_argument('--console', action='store_true', help='Force console launch')
parser.add_argument('--dev', action='store_true', help='Ghidra development mode')
parser.add_argument('-H', '--headless', action='store_true', help='Ghidra headless mode')
args, remaining = parser.parse_known_args()
# Setup variables
install_dir: Path = Path(os.path.normpath(args.install_dir))
pyghidra_dir: Path = install_dir / 'Ghidra' / 'Features' / 'PyGhidra'
dist_dir: Path = pyghidra_dir / 'pypkg' / 'dist'
venv_dir = get_ghidra_venv(install_dir, args.dev)
python_cmd: List[str] = find_supported_python_exe(install_dir, args.dev)
if python_cmd is not None:
print(f'Using Python command: "{" ".join(python_cmd)}"')
else:
print('Supported version of Python not found. Check application.properties file.')
sys.exit(1)
# If headless, force console mode
if args.headless:
args.console = True
if args.dev:
# If in dev mode, launch PyGhidra from the source tree using the development virtual environment
if not venv_dir.is_dir():
print('Development virtual environment not found!')
print('Run "gradle prepPyGhidra" and try again.')
sys.exit(1)
python_cmd = get_venv_exe(venv_dir)
print(f'Switching to Ghidra development virtual environment: {venv_dir}')
else:
# If in release mode, offer to install or upgrade PyGhidra before launching from user-controlled environment
pip_args: List[str] = ['-m', 'pip', 'install', '--no-index', '-f', str(dist_dir), 'pyghidra']
# Setup the proper execution environment:
# 1) If we are already in a virtual environment, use that
# 2) If the Ghidra user settings virtual environment exists, use that
# 3) If we are "externally managed", automatically create/use the Ghidra user settings virtual environment
offer_venv = False
if in_venv():
# If we are already in a virtual environment, assume that's where the user wants to be
python_cmd = get_venv_exe(Path(sys.prefix))
print(f'Using active virtual environment: {sys.prefix}')
elif os.path.isdir(venv_dir):
# If the Ghidra user settings venv exists, use that
python_cmd = get_venv_exe(venv_dir)
print(f'Switching to Ghidra virtual environment: {venv_dir}')
elif is_externally_managed():
print('Externally managed environment detected')
current_pyghidra_version = get_package_version(python_cmd, 'pyghidra')
if current_pyghidra_version is None:
create_ghidra_venv(python_cmd, venv_dir)
python_cmd = get_venv_exe(venv_dir)
print(f'Switching to Ghidra virtual environment: {venv_dir}')
else:
print(f'Using externally managed PyGhidra {current_pyghidra_version}')
else:
offer_venv = True
# If PyGhidra is not installed in the execution environment, offer to install it
# If it's already installed, offer to upgrade (if applicable)
current_pyghidra_version = get_package_version(python_cmd, 'pyghidra')
if current_pyghidra_version is None:
python_cmd = install(install_dir, python_cmd, pip_args, offer_venv)
if not python_cmd:
sys.exit(1)
else:
upgrade(python_cmd, pip_args, dist_dir, current_pyghidra_version)
# Launch PyGhidra
save_python_cmd(install_dir, python_cmd, args.dev)
py_args: List[str] = python_cmd + ['-m']
if args.headless:
py_args += ['pyghidra.ghidra_launch', '--install-dir', str(install_dir), 'ghidra.app.util.headless.AnalyzeHeadless']
else:
py_args += ['pyghidra', '-g', '--install-dir', str(install_dir)]
if args.console:
subprocess.call(py_args + remaining)
else:
creation_flags = getattr(subprocess, 'CREATE_NO_WINDOW', 0)
subprocess.Popen(py_args + remaining, creationflags=creation_flags, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()