Ubuntu
gpxviewer package

missing python-gi dependency in gpxviewer

Bug #1936709 reported by Tomislav
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gpxviewer (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Observed:
installed gpxviewer from the software centre
ran it
got a "No module named gi.repository" error when I tried to run it. gpxviewer did not start.

Expected:
gpxviewer starts with no errors

Workaround:
manually install python-gi (apt-get install python-gi)

Tomislav (hefest)
affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu) → gpxviewer (Ubuntu)
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Jochen Sprickerhof (v-launchpad-jochen-sprickerhof-de) wrote :

gpxviewer uses Python 3 and has a python3-gi dependency in the latest version:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/hirsute/gpxviewer

Which package and Ubuntu version did you use?

Changed in gpxviewer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Tomislav (hefest) wrote :

Thanks for responding, I'm using 0.5.1: probably the default version available on Ubuntu 18.04.

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Jochen Sprickerhof (v-launchpad-jochen-sprickerhof-de) wrote :

This is a duplicate of https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=853092 and has been fixed in newer versions.

Changed in gpxviewer (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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Tomislav (hefest) wrote :

Thanks for the link, glad to kbow it was fixed!

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