Gwibber 3.0 installed but gives error

Asked by KushalSharma

Hi,

I'm using Elementary OS Jupiter, which is based on maverick (I'm sure you guys knew that already, but anyway). I've been having trouble with running the latest version of Gwibber on my computer. I copied the gwibber directory in my "/usr/local/src/" directory, and then did an install after ensuring I had all the listed packages. The install went successfully (I didn't see any error message in the output that I got after installing it), however, whenever I try to run the client by typing "gwibber" at the command line, I get the following error:

kushal@kushal-laptop:~$ gwibber
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gwibber", line 55, in <module>
    from gwibber import client
ImportError: cannot import name client
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 105, in apport_excepthook
    os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREAT|os.O_EXCL, 0600), 'w')
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_gwibber.1000.crash'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gwibber", line 55, in <module>
    from gwibber import client
ImportError: cannot import name client

Can anyone help me figure this out? I've tried installing a number of applications from source, but I've almost never been successful. Even after installing it all the way without any hiccups, they almost always fail to launch. Therefore, I'd really like to nail this one and understand what I've been doing wrong.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

Kushal

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

Elementary OS isn't supported here. This is ubuntu support only. Elementary is supported here:
https://answers.launchpad.net/elementaryweb

Same server, different branch

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KushalSharma (kushalsharma83) said :
#2

Wow, okay. I thought they were essentially the same thing, and I remember having this kind of trouble the last time I tried to use it with Natty as well. Any way, I've asked the question on the link you gave me too. In case you have any general suggestions here, I'll appreciate that.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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It is but there are differences, Ubuntu is essentially Debian too, so your distro is essentially Debian too. I suggest you post in the Elementary postings

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