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Majster-pl
Asked: 2012-08-03 12:33:36 +0800 CST

Error while making a .deb package with Quickly: setup.py install_egg_info failed

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I wrote a little program and now I trying to make a .deb package out of it. When I run quickly --verbose package I get this:

quickly --verbose package 
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gobject/constants.py:24: Warning: g_boxed_type_register_static: assertion `g_type_from_name (name) == 0' failed
  import gobject._gobject
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:40: Warning: specified class size for type `PyGtkGenericCellRenderer' is smaller than the parent type's `GtkCellRenderer' class size
  from gtk import _gtk
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:40: Warning: g_type_get_qdata: assertion `node != NULL' failed
  from gtk import _gtk
setup.py install_egg_info failed
An error has occurred when creating debian packaging
ERROR: can't create or update ubuntu package
ERROR: package command failed
Aborting

I read Jono Bacon's question on the Quickly developer website and he had exactly the same problem as I have, but even though he explained how to fix it I don't understand what I'm supposed to do. I'm new to Quickly and to Python too. What do I need to do?

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2 Answers

  1. I believe this means that you are using some elements that are based on gtk2, perhaps pygtk, and some elements that are gtk3 with gobject introspection. These things don't mix. Once you use gtk3 and therefore gobject introspection, you must leave all of pygtk and gtk2 behind.

    The programs that quickly produce had used pygtk and therefore gtk2, but I believe recent quickly versions generate gtk3 and gobject introspection.

    The libraries you use may use gtk2 or gtk3. In the answer you mentioned Jono said PyNotify uses gtk2, for example. He apparently decided to have one program use gtk2 exclusively and another program use gtk3 exclusively--I think that's what he meant by having separate code bases.

    The thing to do is to pick one, probably gtk3 and introspection, and accomplish what you need to do being careful to use only those libraries that have been converted to use gtk3 and gobject introspection as well.

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  2. Best Answer

    I solved it by creating new application with the same name in different directory, and coping few files from old app dir to new app dir:

    /old_aap_name/data/ui/* to /new_aap_name/data/ui/*

    and also

    /old_aap_name/old_app_name/*.py to /new_aap_name/new_app_name/*.py

    After this package generates with no problems.

    I think problem must to be because I have created new dialog and then I delete files to this dialog as it was not needed any more.

    Thanks for pointing me to right direction.

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