glipper doesn't start after install unless I manually sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/glipper/plugins

[Patrik Höglund]

I hit this crash after installing glipper with the instructions in the README:

SHARED_DATA_DIR: /usr/share/glipper
Binding shortcut <Ctrl><Alt>C to popup glipper
Changed process name to: glipper
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/glipper", line 43, in <module>
    glipper.AppIndicator.AppIndicator()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glipper/AppIndicator.py", line 53, in __init__
    get_glipper_plugins_manager().load()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glipper/PluginsManager.py", line 45, in load
    self.load_cache()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glipper/PluginsManager.py", line 35, in load_cache
    for file_info in directory.enumerate_children(gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_NAME):

This fixes it:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/glipper/plugins

[Pirate Russell (piraterussell)]

Happened to Me too on Linux Mint 19

[Pirate Russell (piraterussell)]

CORRECTION, that's LInux 17, sorry for any confusion.

[George (z-launchpad-ecto)]

Same here, Ubuntu 18.04.

[George (z-launchpad-ecto)]

A clarification though, instead of just creating the missing directory I copied the directory tree under /usr/local/share/glipper to /usr/share/.

  sudo cp -R /usr/local/share/glipper/ /usr/share/

(BTW, I *love* glipper! Thanks!)