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I was trying to install my favorite background changer application on the latest Ubuntu, however I met the following Issue:

webilder : Depends: python-support (>= 0.90.0) but it is not installable

I guess the package doesn't exists in 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) any more. So how could I still install webilder? http://www.webilder.org/

Thank you!

fricigrillbufe
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  • https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-support/1.0.15/+publishinghistory

    The package is deleted. What would be the elegant solution for this Problem? Should I install the package simply from .deb file? Or what could be the a reason that a package is simply deleted... I dont really understand this kind of attitude of ubuntu. Simple users need a seamless solution for application installation, and backwards compatibility. This application is from 2014.

     – fricigrillbufe Apr 27 '16 at 15:43

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Finally I found a solution or a workaround: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas?name_filter=python-support I picked the following ppa: https://launchpad.net/~syseleven-platform/+archive/ubuntu/xenial-ports and I could install python-support and webilder 0.7.3.1 on ubuntu 16.04

fricigrillbufe
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  • Unfortunately I cannot run the application despite the successful installation. The Python error messages are so far only mystery for me. Any Idea?

    Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/webilder_desktop", line 9, in load_entry_point('Webilder==0.7.3', 'gui_scripts', 'webilder_desktop')() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 542, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2569, in load_entry_point...

     – fricigrillbufe May 10 '16 at 12:22
  • So the solution for the run error:

    pip install Pillow

    and then:

    sudo gedit /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/webilder/flickr/init.py

    from PIL import Image #import Image

     – fricigrillbufe May 23 '16 at 12:21
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I digged in, and found a solution:

  1. As you mentioned: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:syseleven-platform/xenial-ports

  2. sudo apt update && sudo apt install python-support python-imaging

python-imaging was the last thing you needed. It is working for me now

Videonauth
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Simplehuman
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  • so you don't need to modify /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/webilder/flickr/init.py file and installing Pillow – Simplehuman Jun 10 '16 at 12:40