How to know what to install (Ubuntu/Debian) for a given import?
Chris Green
cl at isbd.net
Wed Feb 1 14:15:13 EST 2017
Wildman <best_lay at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:12:26 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
>
> > I'm often hitting this problem, how does one find out what package to
> > install to provide what a give import needs?
> >
> > Currently I'm modifying some code which has 'import gtk', I want to
> > migrate from Python 2 to Python 3 if I can but at the moment the
> > import fails in Python 3.
> >
> > There are dozens of packages in the Ubuntu repositories which *might*
> > provide what I need I don't want to try them all! So, is there an
> > easy way to find out?
> >
> > ... and while I'm here, can someone tell me what package I need?
>
> Try this:
>
> import gi
> gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
> from gi.repository import Gtk
>
That works but it's a workaround rather than the proper way to do it
isn't it? ... and doesn't it need an internet connection?
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Chris Green
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