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

Peter Vágner pvdeejay at gmail.com
Wed Apr 4 17:58:04 UTC 2012


Hello,
Is the apr 4 daily live cd affected or it only happens after the package update?
Greetings

Peter


Dňa 4.4.2012, o 14:28, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza<vilmar at informal.com.br> napísal:

> 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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