ImportError: cannot import name 'ki18n' when launching gdebi-kde

[Isaac Mercer]

On Ubuntu 14.04 when I launch gdebi-kde I get the following stacktrace message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gdebi-kde", line 27, in <module>
    from PyKDE4.kdeui import KApplication, KMessageBox, ki18n
ImportError: cannot import name 'ki18n'

I am using gdebi 0.9.5.2

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thanks for reporting this issue and help making Ubuntu better.

I get the same error message when attempting to start gdebi-kde 0.9.5.3 on Ubuntu Trusty.

[Hugo Piquer (hugopiquer)]

Here the same error, i'm using gdebi-kde 0.9.5.3 on Kubuntu Trusty:

File "/usr/bin/gdebi-kde", line 27, in <module>
    from PyKDE4.kdeui import KApplication, KMessageBox, ki18n
ImportError: cannot import name 'ki18n'

I've installed/reinstalled all dependencies (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/gdebi), and always the same error.

[Hugo Piquer (hugopiquer)]

Problem with python3 internalization.

Patches from Michael Werle to solve the problem here:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=743756

Patches tested, no more error messages and gdebi works.

Patches fix:
For gdebi-kde:
* Fix ki18n import: from kdeui to kdecore
* Replace ugettext with gettext
* Pass bytes rather than strings to ki18n

For GDebi/GDebiKDE.py:
*replace QStringList with list
*replace string operations with str

Thanks to Michael Werle.

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~gdebi-developers/gdebi/trunk/revision/474

[Isaac Mercer (nos-developer)]

For Ubuntu Users I have just built some .deb packages. Unfortunitley they are not in a PPA yet

[Isaac Mercer (nos-developer)]

Here is the source code

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gdebi - 0.9.5.4

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gdebi (0.9.5.4) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * fix installing of dependency packages when called with sudo
    (LP: #1309387)

  [ Michael Werle ]
  * gdebi-kde, GDebi/GDebiKDE.py:
    - Fix python3 internatlization bugs (Closes: #743756) (LP: #1304143).

  [ Luca Falavigna ]
  * Fix tests at build time (Closes: #743091).

 -- Luca Falavigna <email address hidden> Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:54:48 +0200

[Isaac Mercer (nos-developer)]

This package does not seem to be in the Ubuntu repository. Marking as Fix Committed.

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

Actually it is, but in 14.10 only.

[Isaac Mercer (nos-developer)]

Technically Speaking this bug isn't fixed until it is backported to trusty as I reported it in trusty. I will work on uploading it to a PPA.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

For the trusty task to be fix committed a package fixing the bug should be available in the -proposed repository for that release. This is not the case for this bug.

[Isaac Mercer (nos-developer)]

Thanks for clarifing that Brian

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello nOSinfinite, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gdebi into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdebi/0.9.5.3ubuntu2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[AZ (m-dev)]

gdebi_0.9.5.3ubuntu2_all.deb gdebi-core_0.9.5.3ubuntu2_all.deb gdebi-kde_0.9.5.3ubuntu2_all.deb from trusty-proposed fixed the issue for me.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gdebi - 0.9.5.3ubuntu2

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gdebi (0.9.5.3ubuntu2) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium

  [ Michael Werle ]
  * gdebi-kde, GDebi/GDebiKDE.py:
    - Fix python3 internatlization bugs (Closes: #743756) (LP: #1304143).
 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Thu, 01 May 2014 09:08:06 -0700

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for gdebi has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.