dbus-launch does not exist in dbus

[KeKc]

Binary package hint: dbus

I have found it during KDE4 installation on my Ubuntu Gutsy Latest.
KDE4 crashes coes it could not start dbus-launch

[KeKc (kekcfx)]

kekc@KeKc:~/.kde/Autostart$ dbus-launch
The program 'dbus-launch' is currently not installed. You can install it by
typing:
sudo apt-get install dbus
bash: dbus-launch: command not found
kekc@KeKc:~/.kde/Autostart$ sudo apt-get install dbus Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done dbus is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

[Freddy Martinez (freddymartinez9)]

I think I can confirm this bug on Xubuntu, give me a few hours to try to replicate.

[Jim Campbell (jwcampbell)]

I've attached a file from /var/crash that (hopefully) outlines what is happening. I've experienced this crash on both Xubuntu Gutsy Gibbon AMD64-alternate and -I386-desktop cd. The first test was from the iso dated 2007-06-05.1, and the second test was from the live cd iso - dated 2007.06.06 (the i386 iso).

Thanks for your help.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

dbus-launch is now in dbus-x11, so that needs to be depended on now.

[KeKc (kekcfx)]

Oh, I'll install it. Thanks!
But This help message should be fixed in any case.

[Jim Campbell (jwcampbell)]

installing the dbus-x11 package fixes this problem on Xubuntu Gutsy, tribe 1. Thanks, Martin.

[Jim Campbell (jwcampbell)]

I show this as being fixed in my clean Tribe 2 candidate install of Xubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, 20070626.1.

[Andreas Schultz (aschultz)]

Kubuntu Tribe 2 still has the problem when trying to install kde4

[graemewalker (graemewalker)]

(Another effect of this dependency problem is that rhythmbox fails to see audio cds. On startup it reports dbus-launch is missing in its stderr output, and the GUI menu item Music->Scan Removeable Media then does nothing. A dbus-x11 install fixes it. I am using a Gutsy Tribe 3 installation with regular updates.)

[MikeBee (michaelbeeson)]

This is still a problem in gutsy. Installed a fresh tribe 5 and added kde4 via Adept. starting brings up the error on dbus-launch. Installing dbus-x11 fixes but this package should be included in the dependency list.

[wolfger (wolfger)]

Gutsy Tribe 5 (amd64) here, same problem, same solution. The dbus-x11 package should definitely be made a dependency.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

dbus (1.1.1-3ubuntu2) gutsy; urgency=low

  * debian/dbus.postinst: Bump version number for rc symlink fix transition,
    so that we also do it for feisty->gutsy upgrades.
  * Move dbus-launch and its manpage from dbus-x11 to dbus proper. Add
    necessary Conflicts:/Replaces:. (LP: #118919)

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:05:31 +0200