Be carefuly, don't install latest python-pyatspi2 related update, because Orca unable to import pyatspi module after installation

José Vilmar Estácio de Souza vilmar at informal.com.br
Wed Apr 4 12:28:45 UTC 2012


Hi attila, thanks for the steps. I'll give a try.
Fortunately I installed speakup!
Thanks again.

On 04/04/2012 09:18 AM, Hammer Attila wrote:
> Hy José,
>
> Very sorry the confirmation.
> Unfortunately the workaround is little difficult and not elegant.
> I doed following commands in a live system to verify the package build,
> you use own risk your installed system:
> 1. sudo apt-get install devscripts
> 2. sudo apt-get build-dep python-pyatspi2.
> 3. cd /usr/src
> 4. sudo apt-get source python-pyatspi2
> 5. sudo cd the pyatspi related directory.
> 6. sudo debuild
> 7. sudo cd debian/tmp
> 8. sudo cp -r usr /
> 9. Verify orca -v command result. If not have pyatspi related traceback,
> all works right again.
>
> Of course, the cp related command you possible give other place. For
> example if you mounted your root partition, you need replace the / path
> with correct mount point if you not working your installed system.
> If this is the case and you would like verify possible importing the
> pyatspi related modules, you need chrooting your installed system, and
> run orca -v command or run simple python code after you launched python:
> import pyatspi
> If you not get traceback error messages, all works right.
>
> If not have you a braille display and not possible to work in console
> your installed system, need sighted assistance all task, except you not
> using with speakup.
>
> Summary, I don't no why, but the buggy python-pyatspi2 package not
> installed python bindings with correct
> usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyatspi folder.
>
> Attila
>



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