Plugins not working

[wolfra...@at.g4s.com]

I have successfully compiled entangle on Manjaro (Arch Linux). But the Plugins are not working. Ich I go to settings/plugins and want to activate them, they a red round symbol with a white bar in the middle and the text is going to be greyed out. Any hints on that?

[Daniel P. Berrange]

You'll have to try launching entangle from a terminal. Then you'll
probably see relevant error messages appear on the console.

Regards,
Daniel
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[wolfra...@at.g4s.com]

Thanks Daniel. I've done that - the messages don't make any sense to me. It seems that all dependencies are propperly installed. The output after starting:

(entangle:2483): libpeas-WARNING **: 07:58:31.891: Error importing plugin 'shooter':
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 677, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 728, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/local/lib/entangle/plugins/shooter/shooter.py", line 33, in <module>
    gi.require_version("Entangle", "0.1")
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Entangle not available

(entangle:2483): libpeas-WARNING **: 07:58:31.891: Error loading plugin 'shooter'

(entangle:2483): libpeas-WARNING **: 07:58:31.900: Error importing plugin 'photobox':
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 677, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 728, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/local/lib/entangle/plugins/photobox/photobox.py", line 31, in <module>
    gi.require_version("Entangle", "0.1")
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Entangle not available

(entangle:2483): libpeas-WARNING **: 07:58:31.900: Error loading plugin 'photobox'

(entangle:2483): libpeas-WARNING **: 07:58:31.909: Error importing plugin 'eclipse':
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 677, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 728, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/local/lib/entangle/plugins/eclipse/eclipse.py", line 33, in <module>
    gi.require_version("Entangle", "0.1")
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Entangle not available

(entangle:2483): libpeas-WARNING **: 07:58:31.909: Error loading plugin 'eclipse'

[cj ld]

Dear all,

 I installed entangle in 3 PC (Ubuntu 18 and 20) but I always have the same problem: no module loaded. Too bad. I tryed to understand the explanation in the FAQ where it is written:

If these fail to load, it is likely that the GI_TYPELIB_PATH environment variable needs to be set to point to the directory containing the Entangle-0.1.typelib file. On Fedora/RHEL distros this would be $prefix/lib64/girepository-1.0, while on Ubuntu/Debian based distros this would be $prefix/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0 (alter as needed for different architectures)

That's interesting but how to fix that?

Thank in advance for your help.

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:28:46AM -0700, cj ld wrote:
>
> Dear all,
> I installed entangle in 3 PC (Ubuntu 18 and 20) but I always have the same
> problem: no module loaded. Too bad. I tryed to understand the explanation
> in the FAQ where it is written:

> If these fail to load, it is likely that *the GI_TYPELIB_PATH environment

> variable needs to be set to point to the directory containing the

> Entangle-0.1.typelib file.* On Fedora/RHEL distros this would be
> $prefix/lib64/girepository-1.0, while *on Ubuntu/Debian based distros this
> would be $prefix/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0* (alter as needed
> for different architectures)
>
> *That's interesting but how to fix that?*

> Thank in advance for your help.

Unfortunately we've found the the Ubuntu packages are simply broken
and didn't even include the plugins code:

https://gitlab.com/entangle/entangle/-/issues/44

Instead of using the Ubuntu packages, you can try installing the
Flatpak instead:

https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.entangle_photo.Manager