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orschiro

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[solved] cinnamon-settings: python2 PIL Image import issue

cinnamon-settings cannot find the Image module which is provided by python2-pillow:

[orschiro@thinkpad ~]$ cinnamon-settings
No module named Image

python2-pillow is installed on my machine:

:: python2-imaging and python2-pillow are in conflict (python-imaging). Remove python2-pillow? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: cinnamon: requires python2-pillow

* Reinstalling it does not resolve the problem.

* I can successfully import Image from PIL when running the python2 interpreter with `from PIL import Image`.

* If I use python2-imaging instead of python2-pillow, then I can launch cinnamon-settings. However, this is not advisable since python2-imaging was replaced by python2-pillow.

* The import statement in imtools.py is correct:

[orschiro@thinkpad ~]$ cat /usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py | grep "from PIL"
from PIL import Image
from PIL import ImageDraw
from PIL import ImageEnhance
from PIL import ImageOps, ImageChops, ImageFilter

* The Shebang in cinnamon-settings.py is correct as well:

[orschiro@thinkpad ~]$ cat /usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py | head
#!/usr/bin/python2

That is, does anyone have an idea why cinnamon-settings is not able import Image from PIL whereas it is able when using python2-imaging instead of python2-pillow?

Any help is very much appreciated.

Last edited by orschiro (2013-11-09 07:47:32)

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Re: [solved] cinnamon-settings: python2 PIL Image import issue

Finally I was able to find the cause of the issue. It was related to old compiled pyc files which apparently linked to the wrong path for the image module. I deleted the following files which I identified through lostfiles.

/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/bin/capi.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/bin/ExtensionCore.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/bin/eyedropper.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/bin/SettingsWidgets.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/bin/Spices.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/bin/XletSettings.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/bin/XletSettingsWidgets.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/imtools.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_applets.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_backgrounds.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_calendar.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_default.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_desklets.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_desktop.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_effects.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_extensions.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_fonts.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_general.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_hotcorner.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_info.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_keyboard.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_menu.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_mouse.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_panel.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_screensaver.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_themes.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_tiling.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_user.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_windows.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_workspaces.pyc
/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/tz.pyc

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