SyntaxError: invalid syntax to repo init in the AOSP code

try these commands

curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo-1 > ~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
python3 ~/bin/repo init -u git@....

I have experienced the same issue on Ubuntu 18.04 during the installation of the OpenSTLinux Yocto layer with the following command:

repo init -u https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/oe-manifest.git -b refs/tags/openstlinux-5.4-dunfell-mp1-20-11-12

Returns:

Get https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo/clone.bundle
Get https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo
remote: Counting objects: 2, done
remote: Finding sources: 100% (117/117)
remote: Total 117 (delta 63), reused 117 (delta 63)
Receiving objects: 100% (117/117), 142.25 KiB | 11.85 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (63/63), completed with 32 local objects.
From https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo
   1469c28..0588f3d  main       -> origin/main
 * [new tag]         v2.11      -> v2.11
 * [new tag]         v2.11.1    -> v2.11.1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/xxx/Distribution-Package/openstlinux-5.4-dunfell-mp1-20-11-12/.repo/repo/main.py", line 56, in <module>
    from subcmds.version import Version
  File "/home/xxx/Distribution-Package/openstlinux-5.4-dunfell-mp1-20-11-12/.repo/repo/subcmds/__init__.py", line 38, in <module>
    ['%s' % name])
  File "/home/xxx/Distribution-Package/openstlinux-5.4-dunfell-mp1-20-11-12/.repo/repo/subcmds/upload.py", line 27, in <module>
    from hooks import RepoHook
  File "/home/xxx/Distribution-Package/openstlinux-5.4-dunfell-mp1-20-11-12/.repo/repo/hooks.py", line 472
    file=sys.stderr)

This issue goes away with using Python3 instead of Python (2.7). You can do this:

sudo rm /usr/bin/python
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python

I just had the same issue and this resolved it for me :

• Download last version of repo : curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo-1 > repo
• Change right to make it executable : chmod a+x repo
• Run your repo init with python3 and the "repo" you just download : python3 repo init -u [email protected]:xxx/xx_manifest.git -b xxx