In ubuntu 21.04 (hirsute), bleachbit fails to launch as root (sudo or pkexec). However, as normal user it launches.
version: bleachbit/hirsute,now 3.9.0-1 all [installed]
The output in terminal when running as root is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/bleachbit", line 43, in <module>
import bleachbit.GUI
File "/usr/share/bleachbit/bleachbit/GUI.py", line 26, in <module>
from bleachbit import Cleaner, FileUtilities
File "/usr/share/bleachbit/bleachbit/Cleaner.py", line 32, in <module>
from bleachbit.Options import options
File "/usr/share/bleachbit/bleachbit/Options.py", line 382, in <module>
set_root_log_level()
File "/usr/share/bleachbit/bleachbit/Log.py", line 84, in set_root_log_level
is_debug = options.get('debug')
File "/usr/share/bleachbit/bleachbit/Options.py", line 160, in get
return self.config.getboolean(section, option)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/configparser.py", line 828, in getboolean
return self._get_conv(section, option, self._convert_to_boolean,
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/configparser.py", line 808, in _get_conv
return self._get(section, conv, option, raw=raw, vars=vars,
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/configparser.py", line 803, in _get
return conv(self.get(section, option, **kwargs))
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/configparser.py", line 1163, in _convert_to_boolean
raise ValueError('Not a boolean: %s' % value)
ValueError: Not a boolean: ['False']
First, please update to a new version. The latest release is version 4.3.0 beta, which will soon be 4.4.0 stable with little change. There's also 4.2.0 stable that is much newer than version 3.9.
Ubuntu has a "no rolling release policy," so its repositories will not keep BleachBit updated. You can find newer versions here
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If you experience this problem in a new version, then please review the comments in this discussion of the same problem https:/
If you can add more information about this problem happening with a new version of BleachBit, please report it here https:/