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I'm trying to copy my /usr/bin/terminator as downloaded on Ubuntu 18 with apt-get install terminator. I do sudo cp /usr/bin/terminator /usr/bin/terminator2. When I run terminator2 though, I get a Python exception thrown:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/t5", line 47, in <module>
    import terminatorlib.optionparse
ImportError: No module named terminatorlib.optionparse

How is the terminatorlib Python module imported/seen by the original /usr/bin/terminator?

For the record, I'm trying to make duplicates of the app for easy Dock access as described here.

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  • Is terminator a binary? Try to do less /usr/bin/terminator – jugmac00 Nov 15 '19 at 22:32
  • @jugmac00 no it's a Python script. I can open up the script and edit it fine, so I'm just looking how to make the Python code work. – lsimmons Nov 15 '19 at 22:33
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As you mentioned in the comment above that terminator is a Python script, before running the script, you can set a break point via import pdb;pdb.set_trace().

Start terminator and you will be in an interactive session.

You can then enter import terminatorlib and then terminatorlib.__file__ - this shows you where the package / module is located.

If you prefer a simple solution, just visit this site: https://superuser.com/questions/625445/create-multiple-instance-of-terminator

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