Mint Install error

[magedx9]

Hi i did a recent sid update and mintinstall stopped working and i dont quite understand why here a print out of what its doing

/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py:250: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level
def get_status_description(self, transaction):
/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py:258: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level
def get_role_description(self, transaction):
add_categories took 2.218 ms
build_matched_packages took 0.502 ms
4230
add_packages took 1801.044 ms
add_reviews took 375.775 ms
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 1540, in <module>
Application()
File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 38, in wrapper
res = func(*arg)
File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 473, in __init__
sans26 = ImageFont.truetype ( self.FONT, 26 )
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 218, in truetype
return FreeTypeFont(filename, size, index, encoding)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 134, in __init__
self.font = core.getfont(file, size, index, encoding)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 34, in __getattr__
raise ImportError("The _imagingft C module is not installed")
ImportError: The _imagingft C module is not installed

[richyrich]

Well, something with Python and true type fonts . . . don't think mintInstall was ever tested with SID, Mint is based on Testing . . good luck.

[tirvine]

I have the same problem, but as far as I know just using the testing repo. Just did a fresh install of Mint XFCE DE 64bit:
Ran full update using update manager (of levels 1-3, 19.00 GMT 09/07), default settings.
Installed Wine 1.3.24 using .deb binaries linked on winehq.
Installed nvidia drivers using sgfxi.
--> mintinstall does not run. Same error in terminal as magedx9. Tried reinstalling python-imaging and mintinstall to no avail.

[AlbertP]

Probably some new Python stuff from Sid has just hit Testing. I'm sure that the Mint team will notice this if they're not too busy with the new update packs.

[gorade]

Glad to see it is not only mee. It might have happened something with a recent update.

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gorade@hippocampus:~$ sudo mintinstall
[sudo] password for gorade: 
/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py:250: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level
  def get_status_description(self, transaction):
/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py:258: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level
  def get_role_description(self, transaction):
add_categories took 1.348 ms
build_matched_packages took 0.235 ms
8736
add_packages took 1932.467 ms
add_reviews took 451.556 ms
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 1540, in <module>
    Application()
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 38, in wrapper
    res = func(*arg)
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 473, in __init__
    sans26  =  ImageFont.truetype ( self.FONT, 26 )
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 218, in truetype
    return FreeTypeFont(filename, size, index, encoding)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 134, in __init__
    self.font = core.getfont(file, size, index, encoding)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 34, in __getattr__
    raise ImportError("The _imagingft C module is not installed")
ImportError: The _imagingft C module is not installed
Overwriting reviews file in /root/.linuxmint/mintinstall/reviews.list
update_reviews took 278.831 ms
gorade@hippocampus:~$ 

I have tried to reload from backup, but I am not sure which file is wrong.