Python is an interpreted programming language that is often, but not solely, used as a scripting language. A version of Python is included by default on all Ubuntu distributions.
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Problem with Quickly text input field
The Problem
I am using Quickly to try the mybrowser demo from the Ubuntu Website.
Everything goes well until I add a simple text field (for URL entry) in Glade, then, no warnings are issued but the ...
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How to update python from 2.7.3 to 2.7.4 on Ubuntu 12.04?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 with python 2.7.3 installed. How can I update the version of python to 2.7.4?
apt-get install python2.7
does not install anything new
apt-get update python2.7
does not ...
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How to install gnopfract4d on Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit
How to install gnofract4d.deb file on 13.04 64bit. Here is error messages:
sudo dpkg -i gnofract4d_3.14.1_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package gnofract4d.
(Reading database ... 234826 ...
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unmet dependencies 12.04LTS [duplicate]
i tended to install radiotray on my ubuntu 12.04.
sudo apt-get install radiotray
but failed,
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some ...
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run a program in python interpreter is ok, but receive syntax error when run script
Just a very simple python program
# test.py
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot(1,2)
plt.show()
Once I type $python
and type the program code line by line, everything is perfect. But when I ...
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How to get a list of installed programmes with python?
I'd like to make a programme, which would allow a user to choose, which application to run. I understand, it is possible to just run a command, which user specifies, but it would be much nicer, if it ...
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Are there PHP bindings for indicators and notifications?
Are there already some projects/extensions or wrappers to allow easy creation of ubuntu unity indicators with PHP before I try and 'reinvent the wheel'.
A basic Python template that would interface ...
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Convertion of tiff image in Python script - OCR using tesseract
I want to convert a tiff image file to text document. My code perfectly as I expected to convert tiff images with usual font but its not working for french script font . My tiff image file contains ...
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convertion of tiff image file to text
I'm getting error while converting tiff image to text. here is my code
import Image
import subprocess
import util
import errors
tesseract_exe_name = 'tesseract' # Name of executable to be called at ...
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2answers
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Numdisplay download
I am first year Physics undergrad. I am trying to follow a tutorial on simulations using Python. However, a requirement is the download of Numdisplay package. As I am a new user of Ubuntu, I was ...
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How to install python 3.2 in ubuntu 13.04
I need python 3.2 for development purposes, but new ubuntu 13.04 comes with python 3.3.
is there any best practice for installing older python version into ubuntu?
Thanks
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unable to install Rabbitvcs on ubntu 12.1, python dependencies error
My OS is ubuntu 12.1 and from last 2 days i am trying to install Rabbitvcs (svn client) on it. when ever i run command to install pre-requisite of Rabbitvcs, i got python dependicies error, like:-
...
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How can I get diffuse to play well with a Python virtualenv?
Diffuse is installed on my workstation and plays well with Mercurial so I often use it for diff'ing. However, I also am using a Python virtualenv to use some different modules in a more controlled ...
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Relating a bug id to its date of creation ubuntu
I am writing a python script to pick up bugs of ubuntu using the lauchpadlib.
I want to know all the bugs reported between a certain time period.
Now there are a few question that I have in mind.
Are ...
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Kubuntu 12.04 Desktop freezes when running too long
I have a python script that runs in a terminal window, when I leave this script running for six or 10 hours straight, it has no problem as long as I come back and turn on the monitor and move the ...
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How do I recompile Python 2.7 on Ubuntu 12.04?
I am struggling to get the Python module sqlite3 to work. I found this, and am following it, since Python can't seem to find the modules even after installation of the packages.
I tried following ...
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Can I create an app for the Ubuntu Touch platform using PyQt?
Will I be able to create an app for the Ubuntu Touch platform targeted at phones and tablets using PyQt?
What are the options for writing apps for Ubuntu Touch using Python?
Thanks.
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Python for point&click interactive story
I'm a digital painter - and I was thinking about making a interactive graphic story.
Let me explain (a scene will be best example):
There is a room - a character (independent element) stands in the ...
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Error using “make” when installing xapian-bindings
I'm following this tuto
http://django-haystack.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installing_search_engines.html
because I want to implement Haystack+Xapian on a proyect.
The thing is, it was all going ok ...
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Easiest way to add a GUI to a Python code?
I'm planning out a Raspberry Pi project, and I want to make it very easy to use. My dad will be using it, and I'd like for it to be usable without having to interact with the terminal. I just want a ...
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Terminal Vim no longer starts after upgrading from 12.04 -> 12.10 -> 13.04: undefined symbol: init_hashlib
When I attempt to run Vim from a terminal, I get the following error:
vim: symbol lookup error: vim: undefined symbol: init_hashlib
I did some searching and the general consensus is that this is ...
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Installing Python 3.2.x on 12.04
I'm completely new to Ubuntu (and any OS outside of Windows). I would like to use my newly formatted and installed Ubuntu desktop to code in Python. The problem is, I don't know how to install the ...
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How can I run a python script with out the prompt “Run in terminal, Display, cancel, Run”
I added #!/usr/bin/env python to the script and chmod +x in terminal, but on double clicking it still asks for these 4 options.
I want it to automatically open in terminal. Is it possible? I'm using ...
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Spin button General properties in Glade arranged in a weird manner
Can you see in the properties you have to scroll all the way to the right to see whats on the buttons.
Is this a bug or can I edit this from somewhere, this only happens in spinbuttons and their ...
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How to set quickly to use python3 when creating new applications in Ubuntu 12.04
I'm just starting to learn python and use the standard set of tools in ubuntu 12.04 (quickly, glade, gedit).
When I do quickly create ubuntu-application foo the application uses python 2.7 by ...
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How to return elements of a list that are a certain amount of characters? [closed]
#Parameters: L=a list of strings, N=an integer
def select_names(L, N):
count = 0
#creating a new list L2
L2 = []
for i in range(len(L)):
if len(L[i]) == N:
...
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12.04: I installed python 3.3 and now I can install or remove anything
I downloaded the lastest python 3 source, built it and installed it along side 2.7.
These are the commands I used to build and install it:
./configure
make
make test
sudo checkinstall -D make ...
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Python setuptools configure error
In a moment of stupidity I deleted my python directory from my raring ringtail installation. Now, after trying to reinstall things apt-get is not working at all and I'm going round and round in ...
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How can I add a pip based dependency to a Quickly project?
There is a great topic here about dependencies from ubuntu repositories. But my app depends on python package, which has to be install with sudo pip install package. Can I add this kind of dependency ...
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Keyboard shortcut to toggle auto-hide unity launcher
I would like to create a keyboard shortcut to toggle the auto-hide option for the unit launcher. Based on the answer on How to programmatically change the launcher's hide behaviour I tried to make a ...
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AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'translate'
I am developing this program and for some reason, I keep getting this error. Is this an Ubuntu caused error, or something in my code that it crashing my program?
I am accessing a database and trying ...
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configuration error while creating instance for a project
I just created one new product named netfor.job and also created browser folder under src/netfor.job/src/netfor/job/browser.. And then i confiqured the browser in ...
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python gqis error
please help me,
give me solution,
Couldn't load PyQGIS.
Python support will be disabled.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
RuntimeError: the sip module implements API v9.0 ...
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Quickly can't package, but raises no errors
I am trying to make a .deb package for my project in quickly. This is what I get:
ilya@ilya-laptop:~/Projects/online-translator$ quickly package
...........Ubuntu packaging created in debian/
...
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Turn screen off when no motion in front of webcamera
Is it possible to automatic turn screen off when there is no motion detected in front of webcamera for X minutes ?
Can i use
sudo service motion start
and
xset dpms force on/off
somehow ...
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VLC player fails with python errors
Unable to import files and play any audio video file also unable to install VLC player. Showing following error:
Required plugin could not be found. Python (v2.7) requires to install plugins to ...
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How do I install Python2.7 in Ubuntu 12.10?
I am trying to install Python2.7 for educational purposes in Ubuntu 12.10. Any help would be most appreciated.
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python idle offline installer
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
Surprisingly, IDLE is not included by default.
Python is there.
I prefer to download tar.gz or .deb installer for IDLE.
Googled to look for it, but could not find.
Where can I get ...
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Python script to change the jack from input to output does not work in 13.04 [closed]
To change the jack from input to output for any computer or laptop I followed this question:
How do I change which audio jacks are used for input and output?
But the Python script does not work. ...
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How to run a shell script without terminal
I have a shell command that executes a command and sends it through pipe to a python file. The python file does various checks on it and then starts processes with parameters using subprocess.Popen. ...
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Python - NameError: global name 'plus' is not defined
So I am creating a program using shelve and I keep getting this error message. I can not for the life of me figure it out and google hasn't been much help. Is this a problem with Ubuntu/Python working ...
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python 3.3 not showing in /usr/bin
I run linux mint
I downloaded python 3.3.1 and ran:
./configure
make
make test
sudo make altinstall
However python3.3 did not show up in /usr/bin, but there is a python3.3 folder in ...
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Can I use pkexec in a python script or a .desktop file?
From the following questions
Why is gksu no longer installed by default in 13.04?
When to use pkexec vs. gksu/gksudo?
we see that gksu will no longer be supported in the long term, and it will not ...
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How to change menu entries in AppIndicator, when it is running?
There is a similar question at StackOverflow, but it didn't help me: Changing items while running. I tried asking at StackOverflow, but people there where not too active: How to change GTK menu in ...
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ez_setup error while installing gdrivefs
I'm installing GDriveFS using
sudo pip install gdrivefs
but receive the error
ImportError: No module named ez_setup
I believe I have all the necessary Python modules. Can you please suggest ...
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installing ecdsa
how do i install ecdsa? im getting this error
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ electrum
Error: python-ecdsa does not seem to be installed. Try 'sudo pip install ecdsa'
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo pip install ecdsa
...
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installing python-central
i have the python central tar.gz file.
i dont know how to install it. i unzipped it but now what? after unzipping it i run
./configure but i get a no such file or directory. Yes i am in the directory ...
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13.04 Python gi._glib no attribute GError
I have a Python application that ran without problem on 12.10, but on upgrading to 13.04 the application fails with the following error :
except gi._glib.GError, e:
AttributeError: 'module' object ...
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gcalcli throwing ssl errors in 13.04
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04. I was using gcalcli (from source) previously on Ubuntu 12.04 and it was working fine. But on 13.04, it fails to authenticate google with an ssl error. It opens a new bowser ...
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Ubuntu Tweak crashes on launch Ubuntu 13.04 [closed]
When I start Ubuntu Tweak from Dash, System settings or Terminal, it immediatly crashes.
I get this error code from the Terminal:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ...
