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** Changed in: ubuntu
       Status: New => Invalid

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openshot won't open in Ubuntu 9.10
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482985
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Status in OpenShot Video Editor: Incomplete
Status in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
Every time I try and open openshot it comes up with this error
OpenShot (version 0.9.53)
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*** ERROR: MLT Python bindings failed to import ***
*** ERROR: MLT Python bindings failed to import ***
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 525, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/share/openshot/classes/thumbnail.py", line 174, in run
    mlt.Factory().init()
NameError: global name 'mlt' is not defined

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Error:  OpenShot has not been installed in the Python path.
(Both the site-packages and /usr/share/openshot folders were checked)

Use the following command to install OpenShot:
  $ sudo python setup.py install

user@user-desktop:~$ sudo python setup.py install
[sudo] password for user: 
python: can't open file 'setup.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory