Bug#882510: freecad: Python module WebGUI missing

[Anton Gladky]

Hi Christian,

thanks for bugreport. After you see this window, you need
to choose View-> and any of showing up options. Then you
will see what you need.

Cheers

Anton


2017-11-23 16:17 GMT+01:00 Christian Buhtz <c.b...@posteo.jp>:
> Package: freecad
> Version: 0.16.6712+dfsg1-1+b2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> direct after installation I am not able to start correct FreeCAD. The main
> window comes up with a simple error message in the Output message window. No
> file menu no file no toolbar or anything I can interact with.
>
> The log file says
>
> Log: Init: Running FreeCADGuiInit.py start script... done
> Log: Init: Activating default workbench StartWorkbench
> Err: No module named WebGui
> Log: Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<string>", line 43, in Initialize
>
> Log: Init: Showing main window
>
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: buster/sid
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 4.9.11-towo.2-siduction-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
> Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
>
> Versions of packages freecad depends on:
> ii libboost-atomic1.62.0 1.62.0+dfsg-4+b2
> ii libboost-chrono1.62.0 1.62.0+dfsg-4+b2
> ii libboost-date-time1.62.0 1.62.0+dfsg-4+b2
> ii libboost-filesystem1.62.0 1.62.0+dfsg-4+b2
> ii libboost-program-options1.62.0 1.62.0+dfsg-4+b2
> ii libboost-python1.62.0 1.62.0+dfsg-4+b2
> ii libboost-regex1.62.0 1.62.0+dfsg-4+b2
> ii libboost-signals1.62.0 1.62.0+dfsg-4+b2
> ii libboost-system1.62.0 1.62.0+dfsg-4+b2
> ii libboost-thread1.62.0 1.62.0+dfsg-4+b2
> ii libc6 2.25-2
> ii libcoin80v5 3.1.4~abc9f50+dfsg1-2
> ii libfreeimage3 3.17.0+ds1-5+b2
> ii libfreetype6 2.8.1-0.1
> ii libgcc1 1:7.2.0-16
> ii libgl1 1.0.0-1
> ii libglu1-mesa [libglu1] 9.0.0-2.1
> ii liboce-foundation11 0.18.2-2
> ii liboce-modeling11 0.18.2-2
> ii liboce-ocaf-lite11 0.18.2-2
> ii liboce-ocaf11 0.18.2-2
> ii liboce-visualization11 0.18.2-2
> ii libpyside1.2 1.2.2+source1-2
> ii libpython2.7 2.7.14-2
> ii libqt4-network 4:4.8.7+dfsg-11
> ii libqt4-opengl 4:4.8.7+dfsg-11
> ii libqt4-svg 4:4.8.7+dfsg-11
> ii libqt4-xml 4:4.8.7+dfsg-11
> ii libqtcore4 4:4.8.7+dfsg-11
> ii libqtgui4 4:4.8.7+dfsg-11
> ii libshiboken1.2v5 1.2.2-5+b1
> ii libsoqt4-20 1.6.0~e8310f-3
> ii libspnav0 0.2.3-1
> ii libstdc++6 7.2.0-16
> ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3
> ii libxerces-c3.2 3.2.0+debian-2
> ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1+b2
> ii libzipios++0v5 0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-10
> ii pyside-tools 0.2.15-1+b1
> ii python 2.7.14-1
> ii python-collada 0.4-2
> ii python-matplotlib 2.0.0+dfsg1-2+b1
> ii python-pivy 0.5.0~v609hg-3.1
> ii python-ply 3.9-1
> ii python-pyside 1.2.2+source1-2
> ii python2.7 2.7.14-2
> ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-5
>
> freecad recommends no packages.
>
> Versions of packages freecad suggests:
> pn graphviz <none>
> pn povray <none>
>
> -- no debconf information
>
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[Anton Gladky]

severity 882510 minor
notfound 882510 0.16.6712+dfsg1-1+b2
thanks

[Daniel Morrison]

I found the solution here:

https://techoverflow.net/2018/06/03/how-to-fix-freecad-no-module-named-webgui-on-ubuntu-18-04/

Obviously this person is aware of this bug, but has quite reasonably
decided that Debian's response is hopeless, and the solution is to
uninstall the Debian offering and go straight to the source, the FreeCAD
ppa. Can't say I disagree.

However, it was the first hit using Google. Some users are never going
to see this bug report, and will just follow the instructions. A.K.A.
you are losing users due to inferior quality product. Better not to ship
a FreeCAD package at all than ship a broken one, IMO.

-D.