diff -urNad smart-0.42~/smart/interfaces/gtk/__init__.py smart-0.42/smart/interfaces/gtk/__init__.py
--- smart-0.42~/smart/interfaces/gtk/__init__.py	2005-12-21 16:12:42.000000000 +0100
+++ smart-0.42/smart/interfaces/gtk/__init__.py	2006-07-27 12:45:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from smart.interface import getImagePath
 from smart import *
 import os
+import sys
 
 try:
     import pygtk
@@ -35,13 +36,27 @@
         traceback.print_exc()
     raise Error, _("System has no support for gtk python interface")
 
+def splitted_error():
+	print _("ERROR: The Smartpm package is splitted in two subpackages")
+	print _(" - smartpm-core: Core of the Smart Package Manager")
+	print _(" - smartpm: The GUI frontend")
+	print _("It seems that you tried to run the GUI frontend which is not installed yet")
+	print _("You need to install the smartpm package in order to use the GUI frontend")
+	sys.exit(1)
+
 def create(ctrl, command=None, argv=None):
     if command:
-        from smart.interfaces.gtk.command import GtkCommandInterface
-        return GtkCommandInterface(ctrl)
+        try:
+            from smart.interfaces.gtk.command import GtkCommandInterface
+            return GtkCommandInterface(ctrl)
+        except ImportError:
+            splitted_error()
     else:
-        from smart.interfaces.gtk.interactive import GtkInteractiveInterface
-        return GtkInteractiveInterface(ctrl)
+        try:
+           from smart.interfaces.gtk.interactive import GtkInteractiveInterface
+           return GtkInteractiveInterface(ctrl)
+        except ImportError:
+           splitted_error()
     
 _pixbuf = {}
 
@@ -62,3 +77,4 @@
           r"automatically registered."
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", MESSAGE)
 
+