Command-Line – Solving Errors Related to Gnome-Terminal & Software Updater

command linegnomegnome-terminalupdate-manager

Due to this error, my terminal is neither opening from shortcut key (CTRL+ALT+T] nor from launcher. It only opens from "Open Terminal" option by right clicking on desktop.

prateek@Home-Alone:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for prateek: Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

prateek@Home-Alone:~$ sudo apt-get update 
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrom... stable InRelease
Hit:2 Index of /node_8.x/ xenial InRelease 
Hit:3 Index of /ubuntu xenial InRelease 
Hit:4 Index of /repos/vscode/ stable InRelease 
Hit:5 Index of /atareao/atareao/ubuntu xenial InRelease 
Hit:6 Index of /damien-moore/codeblocks-stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:7 https://cli-assets.heroku.com/br... ./ InRelease 
Get:8 Index of /ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB] 
Hit:9 http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease 
Ign:10 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrom... stable InRelease 
Get:11 Index of /ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB] 
Hit:12 Index of /jonathonf/python-3.6/ubuntu xenial InRelease 
Hit:13 http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb preview InRelease 
Hit:14 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrom... stable Release 
Get:15 Index of /ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [107 kB] 
Hit:16 Index of /openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:18 Index of /paolorotolo/android-studio/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:19 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrom... stable Release 
Hit:20 Index of /webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial InRelease 
Hit:22 Index of /webupd8team/y-ppa-manager/ubuntu xenial InReleaseFetched 323 kB in 2s (129 kB/s)
Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
Reading package lists... Done

Image of the above error

prateek@Home-Alone:~$ gnome-terminal
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-terminal", line 9, in <module>
    from gi.repository import GLib, Gio
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
    from . import _gi
ImportError: cannot import name '_gi'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 63, in apport_excepthook
    from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    from apport.report import Report
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 30, in <module>
    import apport.fileutils
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/fileutils.py", line 23, in <module>
    from apport.packaging_impl import impl as packaging
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 23, in <module>
    import apt
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    import apt_pkg
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-terminal", line 9, in <module>
    from gi.repository import GLib, Gio
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
    from . import _gi
ImportError: cannot import name '_gi'

I think due to this I'm unable to launch my terminal.

UPDATE: Now only software updater problem is left unsolved. Please help!

prateek@Home-Alone:~$ software-properties-gtk

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 32, in <module>
    import aptsources

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>

    import apt_pkg

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'

Error in sys.excepthook:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 63, in apport_excepthook

    from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>

    from apport.report import Report

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 30, in <module>
    import apport.fileutils

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/fileutils.py", line 23, in <module>
    from apport.packaging_impl import impl as packaging

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 23, in <module>
    import apt

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    import apt_pkg

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'

Original exception was:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 32, in <module>
    import aptsources

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    import apt_pkg

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'

Best Answer

From Comments:

For GDBus error:

Remove 20packagekit using:

sudo rm /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20packagekit

Retry the update and upgrade:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

For GNOME Terminal not starting:

cd /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/
sudo ln -s _gi.cpython-35m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so _gi.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
sudo ln -s _gi_cairo.cpython-35m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so _gi_cairo.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so

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Before issuing above like commands always keep notes on what the release was prior ... so before issuing this

sudo rm /usr/bin/python3

you should make a note of what release is the default by issuing

python3 --version

which on ubuntu 18.10 shows

Python 3.6.7

now you need to investigate what a bog standard 18.04 was using and put it back ... without knowing that you can see what python releases your box has by issuing

which python
which python3

which could say things like

python3 is hashed (/usr/bin/python3)

so cd into that dir and view its siblings as per

cd /usr/bin/

ls -la | grep python

for me on 18.10 its showing

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           26 Jul 23 08:39 dh_pypy -> ../share/dh-python/dh_pypy
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root         1056 Jun  7  2018 dh_python2
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           29 Jul 23 08:39 dh_python3 -> ../share/dh-python/dh_python3
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root            7 Sep 23 14:14 fail2ban-python -> python3
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           23 Oct  2 18:12 pdb2.7 -> ../lib/python2.7/pdb.py
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           23 Oct 22 07:32 pdb3.6 -> ../lib/python3.6/pdb.py
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           31 Oct 25 07:11 py3versions -> ../share/python3/py3versions.py
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root          378 Aug 28 16:17 pybabel-python2
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           26 Jul 23 08:39 pybuild -> ../share/dh-python/pybuild
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root            7 Jun  7  2018 python -> python2
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root            9 Jun  7  2018 python2 -> python2.7
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root      3690840 Oct  2 18:12 python2.7
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           33 Oct  2 18:12 python2.7-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python2.7-config
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           16 Jun  7  2018 python2-config -> python2.7-config
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root          154 Sep 20 05:50 python2-pbr
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root            9 Oct 25 07:11 python3 -> python3.6
-rwxr-xr-x  2 root root      4534680 Oct 22 07:32 python3.6
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           33 Oct 22 07:32 python3.6-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.6-config
-rwxr-xr-x  2 root root      4534680 Oct 22 07:32 python3.6m
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           34 Oct 22 07:32 python3.6m-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.6m-config
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           16 Oct 25 07:11 python3-config -> python3.6-config
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           10 Oct 25 07:11 python3m -> python3.6m
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           17 Oct 25 07:11 python3m-config -> python3.6m-config
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           14 Jun  7  2018 python-config -> python2-config
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           29 Jun  7  2018 pyversions -> ../share/python/pyversions.py
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root         2971 Oct  2 18:12 x86_64-linux-gnu-python2.7-config
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           33 Jun  7  2018 x86_64-linux-gnu-python2-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python2.7-config
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           34 Oct 22 07:32 x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.6-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.6m-config
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root         3283 Oct 22 07:32 x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.6m-config
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           33 Oct 25 07:11 x86_64-linux-gnu-python3-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.6-config
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           34 Oct 25 07:11 x86_64-linux-gnu-python3m-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.6m-config
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           31 Jun  7  2018 x86_64-linux-gnu-python-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python2-config

for you you may see other python versions ...

Looks like 18.04 wants python3 to be 3.6.7 ... so issue

sudo update-alternatives --config python

and it should give you option to choose 3.6.7

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