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could not start gdesklets in ubuntu 9.04

Bug #495542 reported by bhuvi
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #344079: cannot run gdesklets with python2.6. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

i installed gdesklets in my ubuntu 9.04 and when i start it in terminal i get an error:

bash: /usr/bin/gdesklets: /usr/bin/python2.5: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

when i start it from the accessories menu i get an error message:

Failed to execute child process "gdesklets" (No such file or directory)

i attached a screenshot of the error message i get with this bug report.
python 2.6 is included in ubuntu 9.04 and gdesklets looks for python 2.5 i think that should be the cause of the error.

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bhuvi (bhuvanesh) wrote :
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Bjoern Koch (h.humpel) wrote :

This topic has been reported on launchpad several times before, like e.g.:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdesklets/+bug/344079
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdesklets/+bug/350562
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdesklets/+bug/350562

and even on the ubuntu list:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/universe-bugs/2009-March/067905.html

So, please do some research on the internet before opening a new bug.

Closing this one as duplicate.

Changed in gdesklets:
status: New → Incomplete
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bhuvi (bhuvanesh) wrote : Re: [Bug 495542] Re: could not start gdesklets in ubuntu 9.04

when i reported the bug i didnt see any similar bugs suggested by launchpad
and so i reported a new bug.now i see that they are closed with status "fix
released".
if a fix is released then why do i get an error now.

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bhuvi (bhuvanesh) wrote :

i suggest to reopen those reports for ubuntu jaunty.it's not fixed in jaunty

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Bjoern Koch (h.humpel) wrote :

1. This is not a gDesklets problem but an ubuntu problem. So please report the bug in the appropiate ubuntu bugtracker, like e.g.: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdesklets

2. Please take a further look at the links I have posted above.

In https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdesklets/+bug/344079 it says (for 9.10):
"FYI, it's fixed in future 9.10 (karmic):"

In https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdesklets/+bug/350562 it says (for 9.04):
"I tried creating a symlink to python2.6 as python2.5, but gdesklets didn't run. Installing python2.5 fixed it."

> if a fix is released then why do i get an error now.
The fix has been committed to the gDesklets source code. This is what we are talking about in here (https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdesklets -> Bugs in gDesklets)
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If ubuntu (or any other distribution) isn't fixing it or hasn't fixed it yet you will have to ask about it there (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdesklets -> Ubuntu >> “gdesklets” package >> Bugs).

We (usually) do not provide distribution dependent files/packages.

By the way: we haven't set the status to "fix released" (yet). In gDesklets the status is still "fix committed" (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdesklets/+bug/344079 at the top) and targetted for 0.36.3.

> i suggest to reopen those reports for ubuntu jaunty.it's not fixed in jaunty

No problem, but please do it in the appropiate bugtracker.

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