#1033235 torbrowser launcher fails to start due to an non-empty directory

Package:
torbrowser-launcher
Source:
torbrowser-launcher
Submitter:
Santiago R.R.
Date:
2023-03-20 14:54:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1033235#5
Date:
2023-03-20 14:50:42 UTC
From:
To:
Hi!

When trying to launch torbrowser, I am getting this:

santiago@bartik ~> torbrowser-launcher
Tor Browser Launcher
By Micah Lee, licensed under MIT
version 0.3.6
https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/torbrowser-launcher", line 30, in <module>
    torbrowser_launcher.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/torbrowser_launcher/__init__.py", line 76, in main
    common = Common(tor_browser_launcher_version)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/torbrowser_launcher/common.py", line 62, in __init__
    self.torbrowser12_rename_old_tbb()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/torbrowser_launcher/common.py", line 185, in torbrowser12_rename_old_tbb
    os.rename(abs_filename, self.paths["tbb"]["dir_tbb"])
OSError: [Errno 39] Directory not empty: '/home/santiago/.local/share/torbrowser/tbb/x86_64/tor-browser_es-AR' -> '/home/santiago/.local/share/torbrowser/tbb/x86_64/tor-browser'

I get a similar error with torbrowser-launcher --settings

The workaround is to remove .local/share/torbrowser/

I may suppose this is just me, and it works for others.

Cheers,