openshot crashes on startup with "cannot import name main"

[Victor]

On my Xubuntu 12.10 Quantal, openshot crashes on startup with the following message in console

------------------------- ERROR 1 ------------------------------
Failed to import 'from openshot import main'
Error Message: cannot import name main
----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------
   OpenShot (version 1.4.3)
--------------------------------
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Extra debug information attached. This is before loading any file, just trying to open the program.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: openshot 1.4.3-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 1 17:03:25 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-04-30 (550 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: openshot
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (13 days ago)

[Victor (vic-tor)]

Update : the program starts OK with "sudo openshot". So it's just about user rights...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[timobaumann (timobaumann)]

@Victor, starting with sudo does not fix the problem for me.

[SunBear (sunbear-c22)]

I have similar issue on when starting Openshot on terminal in Ubuntu 16.04.4.

In addition, there is also a mlt_repository_init failure.

However, Openshot does start up and can be used. Also, Openshot can be started from Ubuntu 16.04 GUI Icon.

Error:

$ openshot
Added /usr/share/openshot to system path

------------------------- ERROR 1 ------------------------------
Failed to import 'from openshot import main'
Error Message: cannot import name main
----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------
   OpenShot (version 1.4.3)
--------------------------------
mlt_repository_init: failed to dlopen /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mlt/libmltqt.so
  (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Xml.so.5: undefined symbol: _ZNK7QString10startqWithE5QCharN2Qt35CaseSelsitivit{E)