Can't launch CoverGloobus: ImportError

Question

I installed CoverGloobus on my ubuntu 10.10. But every time I try to run it, I get this error:

[WARNING] Using default configuration
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "covergloobus-config.py", line 32, in <module>
    Configuration.run()
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/widgets/configuration.py", line 94, in run
    Configuration.__instance = Configuration(cg)
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/widgets/configuration.py", line 155, in __init__
    self.make_pages()
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/widgets/configuration.py", line 165, in make_pages
    page = method()
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/widgets/configuration.py", line 432, in make_lyrics
    for klass in GenericLyric.load():
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/lyrics/__init__.py", line 34, in load
    __import__('lyrics.' + name[:-3])
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/lyrics/lyricswikia.py", line 26, in <module>
    from lyrics import GenericLyric
ImportError: cannot import name GenericLyric

Does anybody know how to fix this?

It seems like some Python module it tries to use is missing. How and from where did you install this? — JanC, Nov 18 '10 at 17:00
I installed it using the .deb file on this page: https://launchpad.net/~gloobus-dev/+archive/covergloobus/+packages — Nick Lemaire, Nov 18 '10 at 17:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '10 at 22:08

It looks like a python package race condition, the class does exist (note: JanC, it's not always because the module is missing) you can see GenericLyric in lyrics/__init__.py but it's while it's importing init that it tried to import init. Bad race condition.

The fix is to get a programmer involved, to do that you should report the bug here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/covergloobus

Can't launch CoverGloobus: ImportError

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