eric does not start on ubuntu 18.04
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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eric (Debian) |
Unknown
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Unknown
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eric (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Steps to reproduce:
1. Install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
2. Install eric with `sudo apt install eric`
3. Launch `eric` from terminal or from its desktop-file
(really /usr/share/
Expected results:
* eric starts normally
Actual results:
* eric shows logo and then immediately closes with following output in terminal:
$ eric
Warning: translation file 'qt_en_US'could not be loaded.
Using default.
Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_
Using default.
BackgroundService listening on: 39207
An unhandled exception occurred. Please report the problem
using the error reporting dialog or via email to <email address hidden>.
A log has been written to "/home/
Error information:
-------
2019-02-20, 00:14:22
-------
<class 'ModuleNotFound
No module named 'distutils.
-------
File "/usr/share/
main()
File "/usr/share/
disablecrash, restartArgs)
File "/usr/share/
self.
File "/usr/share/
"global": os.path.
File "/usr/share/
import distutils.sysconfig
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Version Numbers:
Python 3.6.7
Qt 5.9.5
PyQt 5.10.1
sip 4.19.7
QScintilla 2.10.2
WebKit 602.1
eric6 17.11.1 (rev. ab851fd69434)
Platform: linux
3.6.7 (default, Oct 22 2018, 11:32:17)
[GCC 8.2.0]
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Distribution Info:
/etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.2 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_
VERSION_
HOME_URL="https:/
SUPPORT_URL="https:/
BUG_REPORT_URL="https:/
PRIVACY_
VERSION_
UBUNTU_
/etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: eric 17.11.1-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-45-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 20 00:07:23 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-26 (298 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: eric
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
First seen on AskUbuntu ( https:/ /askubuntu. com/q/1119380/ 66509 ). Fixable by manual installation of `python3- setuptools` package.