Unable to start desktop-facebook after installation using "sudo python setup.py install"

[Anant Aggarwal]

Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit clean install, no upgrade.
desktop-facebook installed from file "desktop-facebook_1.1.4.tar.gz"

I am unable to start desktop-facebook after installation using "sudo python setup.py install". I receive the following error on running desktop-facebook. I am not really sure if this is a bug or if I need to make some manual changes like setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH after running setup.py.

$ desktop-facebook
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-facebook", line 44, in <module>
    desktop_facebook.main()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/desktop_facebook/__init__.py", line 44, in main
    window = DesktopFacebookWindow.DesktopFacebookWindow()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/desktop_facebook_lib/Window.py", line 44, in __new__
    builder = get_builder('DesktopFacebookWindow')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/desktop_facebook_lib/helpers.py", line 36, in get_builder
    ui_filename = get_data_file('ui', '%s.ui' % (builder_file_name,))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/desktop_facebook_lib/desktop_facebookconfig.py", line 51, in get_data_file
    return os.path.join(get_data_path(), *path_segments)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/desktop_facebook_lib/desktop_facebookconfig.py", line 68, in get_data_path
    raise project_path_not_found
desktop_facebook_lib.desktop_facebookconfig.project_path_not_found

$ uname -a
Linux anant-VPCEC35FG 3.5.0-25-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 18 23:27:42 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Output after running setup.py is attached.

[Kaz Wolfe (kazwolfe)]

Confirmed, Ubuntu 16.04

[Ing. Armando Ibarra (armandoibarra1-3)]

I am unable to start desktop-facebook too

$ uname -a

Linux archdual 4.12.13-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 15 06:36:43 UTC 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$locate girepository | grep WebKit

/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/WebKit2-4.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/WebKit2WebExtension-4.0.typelib

I try to install webkitgtk on arch linux

make[2]: *** [Source/WebCore/CMakeFiles/WebCoreDerivedSources.dir/build.make:12858: Source/WebCore/CMakeFiles/WebCoreDerivedSources.dir/__/__/DerivedSources/WebCore/JSFetchHeaders.cpp.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [Source/WebCore/CMakeFiles/WebCoreDerivedSources.dir/build.make:12496: Source/WebCore/CMakeFiles/WebCoreDerivedSources.dir/__/__/DerivedSources/WebCore/StyleBuilder.cpp.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [Source/WebCore/CMakeFiles/WebCoreDerivedSources.dir/build.make:12882: Source/WebCore/CMakeFiles/WebCoreDerivedSources.dir/__/__/DerivedSources/WebCore/JSFetchRequest.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:646: Source/WebCore/CMakeFiles/WebCoreDerivedSources.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:152: all] Error 2
==> ERROR: Se produjo un fallo en build().
    Cancelando...
==> ERROR: Makepkg no ha podido compilar ewebkit.
==> ¿Reiniciar la compilación de ewebkit? [s/N]
==> -------------------------------------------
==> n