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I installed terminator and it was working very well, but suddenly It stopped working.

When I add terminator repository, I got this error:

Command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome-terminator/ppa

Error:

E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome-terminator/ppa/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.

and When I ran terminator command in the terminal, I got this error:

File "/usr/bin/terminator", line 123
   except (KeyError,ValueError), ex:
                                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 63, in apport_excepthook
    from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    from apport.report import Report
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 30, in <module>
    import apport.fileutils
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/fileutils.py", line 23, in <module>
    from apport.packaging_impl import impl as packaging
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 24, in <module>
    import apt
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    import apt_pkg
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'

Original exception was:
  File "/usr/bin/terminator", line 123
    except (KeyError,ValueError), ex:
                                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I use python3.7 and Ubuntu18.04

References:

Update

Software and Update:

Here is my software and update the latest status:

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Python path:

ubuntu@ubuntu-Z97-D3H:~$ which python3;
/usr/bin/python3
ubuntu@ubuntu-Z97-D3H:~$ which python
/usr/bin/python
ubuntu@ubuntu-Z97-D3H:~$  ls -al $(which python python3)
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Dec  9 08:46 /usr/bin/python -> /etc/alternatives/python
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Oct 25  2018 /usr/bin/python3 -> python3.6
ubuntu@ubuntu-Z97-D3H:~$  dpkg -l | grep python | grep apt
ii  python-apt-common                          1.6.4                                           all          Python interface to libapt-pkg (locales)
ii  python3-apt                                1.6.4                                           amd64        Python 3 interface to libapt-pkg
ii  python3-aptdaemon                          1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.1                        all          Python 3 module for the server and client of aptdaemon
ii  python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets              1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.1                        all          Python 3 GTK+ 3 widgets to run an aptdaemon client
ubuntu@ubuntu-Z97-D3H:~$
Phoenix
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    That PPA doesn't support any releases later than xenial (16.04), thus the no release file error message. Terminator exists in Ubuntu repositories, so why was it added? PPA's are 3rd party sources for software, with security and validation on you. – guiverc Dec 10 '19 at 07:37
  • Thanks your response. So I remove that dependencies and I reinstall terminator. how can I get rid of python error messages? – Phoenix Dec 10 '19 at 07:47
  • Did you uninstall Pythonv2? – xenoid Dec 10 '19 at 08:04
  • In my case, I fixed the problem with uninstalling python3 and python2 and manage whole stuff with venv – Phoenix Jan 16 '20 at 10:50
  • yes, use new maintained repo: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mattrose/terminator – secretAgent Mar 01 '21 at 18:30

3 Answers3

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You should not use PPA to get Terminator installed. You have to remove the problematic PPA with

sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:gnome-terminator/ppa

and then install the Terminator from universe pocket.

All you need is to enable this pocket and install package from it:

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install terminator

And then use it as was planned:

$ terminator -v
terminator 1.91
N0rbert
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  • thanks for your response, but that does not work for me. I ran the first command and I got this error: The team named '~gnome-terminator' has no PPA named 'ubuntu/ppa' – Phoenix Dec 11 '19 at 04:46
  • It seems to be expected, as you really did not add this PPA to the system, so it can't be removed. Then you can proceed with next part of my answer. – N0rbert Dec 11 '19 at 06:10
  • I tried other parts of your answer, but nothing changed. It threw No module named 'apt_pkg' – Phoenix Dec 11 '19 at 06:27
  • Then try to reinstall these python modules with sudo apt-get install --reinstall python3-apt and then retry – N0rbert Dec 11 '19 at 07:04
  • Even I tried that, but not thing changed – Phoenix Dec 11 '19 at 07:05
  • Please add output of which python3; which python; which python2; ls -al $(which python python3 python2) and dpkg -l | grep python | grep apt to the question body. – N0rbert Dec 11 '19 at 07:08
  • I updated the question due to satisfy your requirements. – Phoenix Dec 11 '19 at 07:12
  • @MohammadMasoumi, did it really solve your problem? I have the same issue. – Kira Feb 11 '20 at 16:13
  • @Kira No, I just uninstall python3 and then try to install terminator – Phoenix Feb 12 '20 at 03:16
  • This can work, but if you want to keep python3 in your system, consider my answer below. – Kira Feb 13 '20 at 11:13
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You can now use the instructions provided on this page after the project moved to GitHub:

https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/blob/master/INSTALL.md#source-install

secretAgent
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Roel Van de Paar
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The syntax error is due to the fact that /usr/bin/terminator is invoking python, rather than explicitly invoking python2, and in your environment python points to python3.

An easy fix is to make terminator call python2, as it should:

sudo sed '1s.!/usr/bin/python.!/usr/bin/python2.' /usr/bin/terminator
Kira
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