The name org.desktopcouch.CouchDB was not provided by any .service files

[Marc Ferguson]

I successfully installed Gwibber 2.29.1 using "sudo python setup.py install" on Fedora 12 x86_64. When I ran the "gwibber" command I got the following error:

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[marc@fergatron gwibber-2.29.1]$ gwibber
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gwibber", line 45, in <module>
    obj = dbus.SessionBus().get_object("org.desktopcouch.CouchDB", "/")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 244, in get_object
    follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 241, in __init__
    self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 183, in activate_name_owner
    self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 281, in start_service_by_name
    'su', (bus_name, flags)))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 630, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.desktopcouch.CouchDB was not provided by any .service files
=================

I didn't have couchdb installed prior to installing Gwibber. I did install it afterwards, started the service, and then ran the install command again. No luck.

[Ryan Paul (segphault)]

CouchDB by itself is insufficient. You need to install desktopcouch in order to get the desktopcouch service. It has not yet been officially packaged for Fedora, though efforts to do so are underway.

[Marc Ferguson (fergatron)]

Ok thanks. What version can I manually install that does rely on desktopcouch for Fedora?

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

On 02/12/2010 12:39 AM, FergatROn wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> I successfully installed Gwibber 2.29.1 using "sudo python setup.py
> install". When I ran the "gwibber" command I got the following error:
>
> =================
> [marc@fergatron gwibber-2.29.1]$ gwibber
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/gwibber", line 45, in <module>
> obj = dbus.SessionBus().get_object("org.desktopcouch.CouchDB", "/")
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 244, in get_object
> follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 241, in __init__
> self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 183, in activate_name_owner
> self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 281, in start_service_by_name
> 'su', (bus_name, flags)))
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 630, in call_blocking
> message, timeout)
> dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.desktopcouch.CouchDB was not provided by any .service files
> =================
>
> I didn't have couchdb installed prior to installing Gwibber. I did
> install it afterwards, started the service, and then ran the install
> command again. No luck.
>
> ** Affects: gwibber
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
Why didnt you just run the version in gwibber daily repos for
Ubuntu?

  status incomplete

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[Marc Ferguson (fergatron)]

Hi @John. I'm running Fedora 12 x86_64. The version we have in our repos is around 1.2.x. So; I thought I'd simply get the latest and install it manually. It looks like I can't run it because DesktopCouch isn't available for Fedora. So; my last question should have read, "which version of Gwibber can I install that doesn't rely on DesktopCouch?" Thanks for the replies.

[Ryan Paul (segphault)]

@Marc: Version 2.0 doesn't require desktopcouch, but we have not previously released any tarballs. If you check out revision 490 from Bzr, it should work out of the box on Fedora.

If you are really adventurous, you could try using the latest version with the experimental desktopcouch package from here: http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/packages/SRPMS/

[David Bonner (dbonner-gmail)]

Thanks. The experimental desktopcouch package worked for me (f12 32bit). And damn is 2.x a nice improvement...thanks for all the hard work.