Installed in Linux Mint, but Error: cannot import name 'dir_util'
Here's what I get when I start OpenLP in the terminal:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/openlp", line 27, in <module>
from openlp.core.common import is_win, is_macosx
File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/__init__.py", line 26, in <module>
from openlp import core, plugins
File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/__init__.py", line 43, in <module>
from openlp.core.ui.mainwindow import MainWindow
File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py", line 29, in <module>
from distutils import dir_util
ImportError: cannot import name 'dir_util'
Comments
Hi,
unfortunately same here.
Linux Mint 19.3, Linux 5.4.0-80-generic
:~$ openlp
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/openlp", line 27, in <module>
from openlp.core.common import is_win, is_macosx
File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/__init__.py", line 26, in <module>
from openlp import core, plugins
File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/__init__.py", line 43, in <module>
from openlp.core.ui.mainwindow import MainWindow
File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py", line 29, in <module>
from distutils import dir_util
ImportError: cannot import name 'dir_util'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 154, in apport_excepthook
os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), 'wb') as f:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_share_openlp_openlp.py.1000.crash'
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/openlp", line 27, in <module>
from openlp.core.common import is_win, is_macosx
File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/__init__.py", line 26, in <module>
from openlp import core, plugins
File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/__init__.py", line 43, in <module>
from openlp.core.ui.mainwindow import MainWindow
File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py", line 29, in <module>
from distutils import dir_util
ImportError: cannot import name 'dir_util'
Hi again,
I found an answer, it was on this forum.
To make OpenLP run on Mint we must have: python3-distutils
sudo apt install python3-distutils
All is working fine after that...
Thanks for the solution!
I got involved in a new hard drive install, and I tried to install the l latest Mint. It insisted on using UEFI and wanted to kill my BIOS drive, so I bailed out. I installed MX Linux instead, and uOpenLP is working fine.
Lane
Thanks for this. Had exactly the same issue installing and running OpenLP 2.4.6 via Software Manager on Linux Mint 20.2
Nothing was said that you needed python3-distutils but once I followed the advice from @dzidek23 here and did
sudo apt install python3-distutils
all ran fine.
Great
We've removed the dependency on the python3-distutils package, so this should no longer be an issue.
I just tried to install on Ubuntu 22.04.01 using the apt repository. It installed 2.4.6-1, and would not launch until I also installed the python3-distutils package.