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Having recently installed LMDE I've downloaded a large number of software. I'd like to make a backup of the software list via the MintBackup tool. But when I click on its icon nothing happens - the program doesn't open. I've tried deleting and reinstalling it but that didn't fix it. What could the reason be for this?

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... up#p432781

Reported over a month ago. Still not fixed? I applied the patch myself so I can't check.

Apparently it hasn't been fixed yet. At least it doesn't work for me. Don't get an error message, it just doesn't open.

@msm

I applied the patch, and it worked , I have lmde 32 with linux 2.6.39-2-686-pae and python-apt 0.8.0

You have to edit /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintbackup/mintbackup.py , import apt.progress.gtk2, and then replace line 87 with class MessageDialog(apt.progress.gtk2.GOpProgress), save your file and there you go.

This fix was provided by M Thomson on https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/795132 , read carefully you should know what are you doing, I learned that myself about twenty minutes ago. Good luck!

davrych wrote:
You have to edit /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintbackup/mintbackup.py , import apt.progress.gtk2, and then replace line 87 with class MessageDialog(apt.progress.gtk2.GOpProgress)

Thanks, but I'm not sure how to import the apt.progress.gtk2. How can I import that file?

This is what I did. Open a terminal window and enter these three commands (the first is just to backup the file in case the patching goes wrong - make sure to include the space and the dot at the end): You can remove the files 'mintBackup.py' and 'mintBackup.py.diff' from your home directory when the patching is done.

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EDIT 04-08-2011: to anyone planning to use this patch now: DON'T!
The patched version of MintBackup has been released through the update system. You should now have version 2.0.8 which should just work. Trying to apply the patch to that version will cause problems.

Thanks, grizzler. Works like a charm here.

grizzler wrote:This is what I did. Open a terminal window and enter these three commands (the first is just to backup the file in case the patching goes wrong - make sure to include the space and the dot at the end):

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cp /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintBackup/mintBackup.py .
wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/795132/+attachment/2162530/+files/mintBackup.py.diff
sudo patch /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintBackup/mintBackup.py -i mintBackup.py.diff

You can remove the files 'mintBackup.py' and 'mintBackup.py.diff' from your home directory when the patching is done.

Worked for me as well. Thank you!

A big thank you from me too grizzler.

What do I do wrong?

Backup of program choice still doesn't start.

This bug fix has been released, so if you're fully up to date, you should not need to apply the patch. Please update mintBackup and update if you're still having problems.