mididings fails to start

[David Kastrup]

Starting mididings results in

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/mididings", line 18, in <module>
    import mididings
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mididings/__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
    from mididings.setup import config, hook
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mididings/setup.py", line 13, in <module>
    import _mididings
ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (init_mididings)

This problem is of somewhat recent nature while the package itself is comparatively old. I suspect that a Python 2.7 update might have resulted in more stringent requirements for modules. Reinstalling either mididings or python-mididings with apt-get install --reinstall did not help.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: python-mididings 0~20120419~ds0-6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-lowlatency 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Jul 24 15:21:56 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-14 (2474 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111011)
SourcePackage: mididings
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[DanBgt (danbgt)]

With python 3: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'mididings'