Unable to launch jobs-admin

[Fleuv]

The program wont start after launching, the following information is reported:

$ jobs-admin
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/jobs-admin", line 25, in <module>
    from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
ImportError: No module named dbus.mainloop.glib

Package version:

$ sudo apt-cache policy jobs-admin
jobs-admin:
  Installed: 0.8.0-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.8.0-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 0.8.0-0ubuntu4 500
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Same happens when running jobservice:

$ jobservice
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/jobservice", line 21, in <module>
    from dbus import SystemBus
ImportError: No module named dbus

Package version:

$ sudo apt-cache policy jobservice
jobservice:
  Installed: 0.8.0-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.8.0-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 0.8.0-0ubuntu4 500
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release: 16.04

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[ggallozz (ggallozz-gmail)]

and since 2016 nobody got interested in this?!
:/
confirmed in Xubuntu 18.04.1

[ggallozz (ggallozz-gmail)]

and since 2016 nobody got interested in this?!
:/
confirmed in Xubuntu 18.04.1

seems that a solution is provided here (re/installing python-dbus):
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https://askubuntu.com/questions/708777/importerror-no-module-named-glib-when-running-screenfetch
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Anyway some errors still subside (this package has to be better checked for dependcies, I gues...)

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:~$ sudo jobs-admin
No module named apport
No module named pkit
/usr/bin/jobs-admin:32: GtkWarning: Error parsing gtk-icon-sizes string:
 'xfce4-panel 29,29'
  ui.win_main.show_all()
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[Jacob Peddicord (jpeddicord)]

@ggallozz, this project has been unmaintained for about 7 years -- it's going to need a lot of work to make it compatible with today's init systems. At this point I'd be surprised if there wasn't something much better around for systemd.

You're welcome to hack on it if you want:

https://github.com/jpeddicord/jobs-admin
https://github.com/jpeddicord/jobservice

I'm surprised these packages have survived in the repositories this long -- they can (and should) be removed.