Python Error Causes Mugshot not to Start

[Steve Benchik]

When I try to start mugshot on Xubuntu 14.04 I get this error.

steve@steve-OptiPlex-GX270:~$ mugshot
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/mugshot", line 24, in <module>
    import gi
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 36, in <module>
    from ._gi import _gobject
ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 63, in apport_excepthook
    from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    from apport.report import Report
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 30, in <module>
    import apport.fileutils
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/fileutils.py", line 23, in <module>
    from apport.packaging_impl import impl as packaging
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 20, in <module>
    import apt
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    import apt_pkg
ImportError: No module named 'apt_pkg'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/mugshot", line 24, in <module>
    import gi
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 36, in <module>
    from ._gi import _gobject
ImportError: No module named 'gi._gi'

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

Looks like a broken python3-gi install... try this:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install python3-gi