gtg 0.3.1 does not start on Ubuntu 14.04

[Anurag]

After a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 and installing gtg; I restored the gtg data from old backup, but gtg does not start at all.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gtg 0.3.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-45.60~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt14
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-45-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Aug 7 15:17:03 2015
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: gtg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Anurag (anurag1008)]

When I execute the gtg command in the terminal; The error I get is the following:

$ gtg
2015-08-07 15:26:33,837 - WARNING - __init__:__init__:74 - Backend backend_evolution could not be loaded: No module named evolution
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gtg", line 89, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/gtg", line 85, in main
    sys.exit(gtg.main(options, args))
  File "/usr/share/gtg/GTG/gtg.py", line 121, in main
    ds, req = core_main_init(options, args)
  File "/usr/share/gtg/GTG/gtg.py", line 149, in core_main_init
    backends_list = BackendFactory().get_saved_backends_list()
  File "/usr/share/gtg/GTG/backends/__init__.py", line 174, in get_saved_backends_list
    self.restore_backend_from_xml(dic)
  File "/usr/share/gtg/GTG/backends/__init__.py", line 158, in restore_backend_from_xml
    dic["backend"] = module.Backend(dic)
  File "/usr/share/gtg/GTG/backends/backend_localfile.py", line 100, in __init__
    cleanxml.savexml(self.get_path(), self.doc, backup=True)
  File "/usr/share/gtg/GTG/tools/cleanxml.py", line 197, in savexml
    os.rename(zefile, tmpfile)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

[Anurag (anurag1008)]

When I execute the gtg command in the terminal as root with sudo; GTG opens but it does not show any tasks from the past data but does show search tags, obviously with zero tasks; as there are no tasks in the work view.

It displays the following warning:

$ sudo gtg
2015-08-07 15:29:39,217 - WARNING - __init__:__init__:74 - Backend backend_evolution could not be loaded: No module named evolution

I checked no plugins are enabled.

[Izidor Matušov (izidor)]

Hey Vigyani,

we moved our bug tracker over to github: https://github.com/getting-things-gnome/gtg

You have issue with the permissions on your folder in ~/.local/share/gtg/

The following command should fix the issue:

$ chmod -R 755 ~/.local/share/gtg

(You might need to restore your tasks again from the backup)

[Anurag (anurag1008)]

Hi Izidor

Thanks for your reply.

I change file ownership and permissions as suggested above.

Even then I continue to get the same error.

Any other suggestion?

Thanks

[Izidor Matušov (izidor)]

Can you provide the output of the following command?

$ ls -lR ~/.local/share/gtg