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Autore: tito
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To: dng
Oggetto: Re: [DNG] Bug in synaptic package manager?
On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:20:18 -0500
tempforever <dev1@???> wrote:

> tito via Dng wrote:
> > On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:49:49 +0900
> > Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Tito,
> >>
> >> tito via Dng <dng@???> writes:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>> while trying to open the Settings>Repositories menu in Synaptic package manager i get:
> >>>
> >>>  synaptic-pkexec
> >>> ERROR:root:Cannot import UbuntuDrivers: No module named 'UbuntuDrivers'
> >>> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >>>   File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 101, in <module>
> >>>     app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
> >>>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 109, in __init__
> >>>     SoftwareProperties.__init__(self, options=options, datadir=datadir)
> >>>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 109, in __init__
> >>>     self.reload_sourceslist()
> >>>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 599, in reload_sourceslist
> >>>     self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)
> >>>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 91, in get_sources
> >>>     raise NoDistroTemplateException(
> >>> aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for Devuan/chimaera

> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Could this be a bug ot did I just manage to break my setup once again?
> >> Here's wondering why youu'd need UbuntuDrivers on a Devuan system but
> >> ... I'd try an `apt update` with root privileges on the command line
> >> to check that your APT sources are okay. Probably
> >>
> >> sudo apt update
> > Hi,
> > apt works for me it is just the dialog to modify, add or delete repositories in synaptic
> > that doesn't work as some template is missing:
> >
> > aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for Devuan/chimaera
> >
> > I was wondering If we couldn't add this template to synaptic itself
> > or to software-properties-gtk package.
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Tito
> >
> >
> Tito,
> It appears that there are no devuan-specific template files for
> synaptic.  Attached is my first attempt (copied from Debian template,
> and modified, but I probably got some things wrong).  These two files go
> in /usr/share/python-apt/templates
> Hope this helps somewhat.
>
> Temp


Hi,

thanks for your effort, I was not able to find where this templates were hidden.
Seems to work here, software-properties-gtk dialog window opens without
exception. Could this somehow be added to debian or devuan?

Ciao,
Tito