Bug#388007: missing dependencies in gedit which are required for external tools functionality: python-gnome2 and zenity

[Ian MacKinnell]

Package: gedit
Version: 2.14.4-2

On upgrading to the latest version of GEDIT, I tried to use the new "external tools" preference dialog.
The external tools checkbox would not work: I clicked on it, but it would not "check".

I examined .xsession-errors and found the following error message:

** (gedit:10068): WARNING **: Could not load python module externaltools


** (gedit:10068): WARNING **: Error, impossible to activate plugin 'External Tools'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/externaltools/__init__.py", line 24, in ?
    from manager import Manager
  File "/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/externaltools/manager.py", line 27, in ?
    from functions import *
  File "/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/externaltools/functions.py", line 23, in ?
    import gnomevfs
ImportError: No module named gnomevfs

** (gedit:10068): WARNING **: Could not load python module externaltools


** (gedit:10068): WARNING **: Error, impossible to activate plugin 'External Tools'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/externaltools/__init__.py", line 24, in ?
    from manager import Manager
  File "/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/externaltools/manager.py", line 27, in ?
    from functions import *
  File "/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/externaltools/functions.py", line 23, in ?
    import gnomevfs
ImportError: No module named gnomevfs

** (gedit:10068): WARNING **: Could not load python module externaltools


** (gedit:10068): WARNING **: Error, impossible to activate plugin 'External Tools'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/externaltools/__init__.py", line 24, in ?
    from manager import Manager
  File "/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/externaltools/manager.py", line 27, in ?
    from functions import *
  File "/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/externaltools/functions.py", line 23, in ?
    import gnomevfs
ImportError: No module named gnomevfs


** (gedit:10068): WARNING **: Error, impossible to activate plugin 'External Tools'
Unmatched element: citerefentry
Unmatched element: refentrytitle
Unmatched element: citerefentry
Unmatched element: refentrytitle
glibtop: This machine has 2 CPUs, 2 are being monitored.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/externaltools/__init__.py", line 24, in ?
    from manager import Manager
  File "/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/externaltools/manager.py", line 27, in ?
    from functions import *
  File "/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/externaltools/functions.py", line 23, in ?
    import gnomevfs
ImportError: No module named gnomevfs

I tried quitting and restarting gedit several times, but it behaved exactly the same way each time, with the same error messages in .xsession-errors.

I checked that python-gnome2-desktop was installed: it was.
I checked that libgnomevfs2-0 was installed: it was.

I then tried installing python-gnome2, which had been uninstalled (I use XFCE, not Gnome, as my desktop).
As soon as I installed python-gnome2, I started gedit again, and the external tools check box worked (it checked).

I then noticed that the external tools use zenity to prompt the user for parameters when running external tools. I did not have zebity installed, and there was no dependency or recommendation for it in the gedit package.

I believe that these two packages ought to be dependencies of gedit to support the new external tools functionality in that package.




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