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[Andy Finch <we.rocked.in79@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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       Status: New => Invalid

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Bug description:
Kubuntu 9.10 64-bit, installed Openshot 1.1.0 from the PPA

Trying to start gives me this:

rhk@rubert:~/Datat/photos$ openshot
 --------------------------------
   OpenShot (version 1.1.0)
--------------------------------
A new frmMain has been created
No formats or codecs were found.  Please check the OpenShot preferences and configure the 'melt' command name.
rhk@rubert:~/Datat/photos$


So I headed to launchpad and saw this: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/openshot/+bug/482985

So I removed all mlt packages:
sudo apt-get purge libmlt++2 libmlt-data libmlt1 openshot openshot-doc
and removed mlt files:

rhk@rubert:/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages$ ls|grep mlt
mlt.py
mlt.pyc
_mlt.so
mlt_wrap.o
rhk@rubert:/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages$ sudo rm mlt*
[sudo] password for rhk: 
rhk@rubert:/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages$ sudo rm _mlt.so 

And then reinstalled openshot:

rhk@rubert:/usr/local$ wajig install openshot
Luetaan pakettiluetteloita... Valmis
Muodostetaan riippuvuussuhteiden puu       
Luetaan tilatiedot... Valmis        
Seuraavat ylimääräiset paketit on merkitty asennettaviksi:
  libmlt++2 libmlt-data libmlt1 melt openshot-doc python-mlt
Seuraavat UUDET paketit asennetaan:
  libmlt++2 libmlt-data libmlt1 melt openshot openshot-doc python-mlt
0 päivitetty, 7 uutta asennusta, 0 poistettavaa ja 8 päivittämätöntä.
Noudettavaa arkistoa 190kt/18,8Mt.

and tried to run openshot:

rhk@rubert:/usr/local$ openshot
--------------------------------
   OpenShot (version 1.1.0)
--------------------------------
*** ERROR: MLT Python bindings failed to import ***
*** ERROR: MLT Python bindings failed to import ***
-------------------------------------------------------
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

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/lib/pymodules/python2.6/openshot/classes/thumbnail.py", line 170, in run
    mlt.Factory().init()
NameError: global name 'mlt' is not defined

rhk@rubert:/usr/local$

Fine. So I run
sudo python setup.py install

just to get:
python: can't open file 'setup.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
rhk@rubert:/usr/local$ 


So I guess the bug here is that the command it recommends me to run does nothing - I guess it should point to a dir to actually do something useful..

(To figure out why Openshot's not starting, I'll go to https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/openshot/+bug/482985 :)


Thanks!