Bug#923412: freecad: After update to 0.18~pre1+dfsg1-4 freecd crashes after start

[Rolf Wuerdemann]

On 27.02.19 21:41, Kurt Kremitzki wrote:
> Hello Rolf,

Hello Kurt,
> 
> On 2/27/19 2:01 PM, Rolf Wuerdemann wrote:
>> Package: freecad
>> Version: 0.18~pre1+dfsg1-4
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> after updating freecad (and subpackages) from 0.17 to 0.18~pre1,
>> freecad stalls after start with the message
>> <-snip->
> 
> This seems similar to an issue reported in the FreeCAD forums [1]. If it
> is the same issue, there seems to be a problem with the
> update-alternatives scripts. As a temporary workaround, can you try
> running `sudo update-alternatives --config freecad` and picking either
> the -python2 or -python3 option? You may need to install freecad-python3
> first before that command works, if you only have freecad-python2 installed.
> 
> [1] https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=34468
> 

After running update-alternatives freecad works. Thanks for the quick
response!

JFI: Now freecad claims that '/usr/share/freecad/examples' isn't
found.

Best,

   Rolf

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