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[orri tomasson <orritomasson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, this is no longer an issue and you can close the ticket :)

Have a nice day.
Orri
On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 at 20:49, gf <1274318@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Orri,
> Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with Calibre.  You made this bug report some time ago and Ubuntu and Calibre have been updated since then.
>
> Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
> If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to this bug?
> If you are, could you let us know and, in the current version, could you run the following (only once):
> apport-collect 1274318
> and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.
>
> Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu and Calibre better.
> G
>
> ** Changed in: calibre (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
>   Type error on launch
>
> Status in calibre package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   if I start calibre, this is what I get.
>
>   orri@asuka:~$ calibre
>   Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "/usr/bin/calibre", line 20, in <module>
>       sys.exit(main())
>     File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 447, in main
>       gui_debug=gui_debug)
>     File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 312, in run_gui
>       app.load_builtin_fonts(scan_for_fonts=True)
>     File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/__init__.py", line 837, in load_builtin_fonts
>       from calibre.utils.fonts.scanner import font_scanner
>     File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/utils/fonts/scanner.py", line 377, in <module>
>       font_scanner = Scanner()
>     File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/utils/fonts/scanner.py", line 115, in __init__
>       self.folders = folders + font_dirs() + [os.path.join(config_dir, 'fonts'),
>   TypeError: can only concatenate list (not "function") to list
>   orri@asuka:~$ calibre --version
>   calibre (calibre 1.0)
>   orri@asuka:~$
>
>   I am using ubuntu 13.10
>   I've tried uninstalling and installing (using apt-get) and I've tried deleting ~/Calibre Library
>
>
>   I found a fix:
>
>   in the function "fc_list" in /usr/lib/calibre/calibre/utils/fonts/scanner.py
>   approximately line 74 (I've edited my local version)
>   the line containing:
>    "return default_font_dirs  "
>   can be changed to:
>   " return default_font_dirs()"
>
>   Then the function "default_font_dirs" is called and its return value is returned (by fc_list)
>   previously it (fc_list) would return a pointer to the function, which can not be concatinated with a list of strings.
>
>   Best regards,
>   Orri Tomasson
>
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  Type error on launch

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