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When I try to run software-center from the terminal it gives me: 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 33, in <module>
    from gi.repository import Gtk
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/importer.py", line 76, in load_module
    dynamic_module._load()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 224, in _load
    overrides_modules = __import__('gi.overrides', fromlist=[self._namespace])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", line 523, in <module>
    class FontSelectionDialog(Gtk.FontSelectionDialog, Dialog):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 105, in __getattr__
    self.__name__, name))
AttributeError: 'gi.repository.Gtk' object has no attribute 'FontSelectionDialog'

A similar response is given when upgrade-manager or the advanced-settings (for Gnome Shell settings) is attempted. These are all the malfunctioning applications I know of right now, but there may be more. I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and the Gnome-Shell environment. The error occurred after an automatic upgrade (I think). I have found people with the same or similar problem but none of the fixes has worked for me. I have tried reinstalling python2.7 and some of the other packages via Synaptic. I can still upgrade my distribution since I can run Ubuntu Tweak, but I'd like to sort this out. I have been using some of the experimental repositories for Gnome Shell development but since I figured this might be the reason for the error I purged (successfully I hope) and disabled them via Ubuntu Tweak.

Help on a basic knowledge level would be much appreciated.

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  • What does apt-cache policy python-gobject print?
    – Florian Diesch
    Nov 7, 2011 at 18:05
  • It prints: Installed: 3.0.2-1~oneiric1 Candidate: 3.0.2-1~oneiric1 Version table: *** 3.0.2-1~oneiric1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.0.0-0ubuntu4 0 500 se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages 3.0.0-0ubuntu2 0 500 se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric/main i386 Packages
    – user32331
    Nov 7, 2011 at 18:13
  • Alrigthy, so what to do? Surely there must be some way to resolve the problem and proceed with non-developmental upgrades again?
    – user32331
    Nov 7, 2011 at 18:28
  • Issue Resolved! I thank you all. Adding back ppa:ricotz/testing and then purging it with ppa-purge solved the problem for me. My Gnome Shell usage will go through the stable channels from now on, at least until I know more about it. Again, thanks.
    – user32331
    Nov 7, 2011 at 20:12
  • This question is a duplicate of this one. However, the older question didn't get any answer.
    – jcollado
    Nov 14, 2011 at 21:14

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Install the package ppa-purge activate the PPAs again and use ppa-purge to deactivate them.

If that doesn't work use the "Origin" button in Synaptic to see the list of used package sources. For every package in every non-official package source use Package-> Force Version from the menu and select the most recent version from an official source.

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Try this

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf

sudo apt-get update

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