#1100962 software-properties-qt won't launch in Debian Trixie or Debian Sid.

#1100962#5
Date:
2025-03-21 02:52:27 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

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Software-properties-qt does not work at all in Debian Sid. Why I try to launch
it both from the terminal and start menu it won't run. I have the same problem
with Software-properties-gtk both of those programs are effected. Because they
won't run or launch at all in Debian Testing or Debian Sid which is what I am
using.

* What led up to the situation?
I did upgrade to Debian Sid from Debian Bookworm. The program worked in Debian
Bookworm is not working now.
It won't run at all.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

I tried reinstalling the program but it still won't run.
   * What was the outcome of this action?
So I also tried software-properties-gtk but the same problem.
   * What outcome did you expect instead?

So I think that maybe both program software-properties-qt and software-
properties-gtk should be removed. Since there are other ways for us to view and
edit our software repositories.

#1100962#10
Date:
2025-07-02 18:04:53 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

Attempting to start `software-properties-qt` fails with the following error:
```
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-qt", line 36, in <module>
    from softwareproperties.qt.SoftwarePropertiesQt import SoftwarePropertiesQt
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/qt/SoftwarePropertiesQt.py", line 33, in <module>
    gi.require_version('PackageKitGlib', '1.0')
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 129, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace PackageKitGlib not available
```