[Bug 15484] New: pygtk module not found, PYTHONPATH needs fixing

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Ubuntu | python-gnome2

           Summary: pygtk module not found, PYTHONPATH needs fixing
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: python-gnome2
        AssignedTo: seb128 at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: michael at endbracket.net
         QAContact: desktop-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


When trying to use a python program that depends on PyGTK, I get the following
exception.

% ./rbscrobbler.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/rbscrobbler-0.0.4/rbscrobbler.py", line 3, in ?
    import      pygtk; pygtk.require('2.0')
ImportError: No module named pygtk

If I try the PyGTK Hello World program from <http://live.gnome.org/PyGTK>, the
same problem occurs.

If I ignore the failed pygtk import with a try..except: pass, it then fails on
the next import, gtk.

I have all the Python modules installed that I think I should need, particularly:
python2.4-gtk2 2.8.0-0ubuntu2
python2.4-gnome2 2.12.0-0ubuntu1

There are files in /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages including:
pygtk.pyo
pygtk.py
pygtk.pyc
pygtk.py.python2.4-gtk2

If I run the program with
% PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages /opt/rbscrobbler-0.0.4/rbscrobbler.py

it works.

There are many other similar threads on forums about rbscroller, smeg, and other
programs.

Surely python should be configured to find its modules by default.

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