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I am using Ubuntu 22.04 and Openshot video editor is not launching, I tried removing and reinstalling and installing PPA.

This is what I get from the terminal:

Loaded modules from: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt
INFO app: ------------------------------------------------
INFO app:             Sun Apr 16 17:09:43 2023            
INFO app:               Starting new session              
INFO app: ------------------------------------------------
INFO app:             OpenShot (version 3.1.0)            
INFO app: ------------------------------------------------
INFO app: openshot-qt version: 3.1.0
INFO app: libopenshot version: 0.2.5
INFO app: platform: Linux-5.19.0-38-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35
INFO app: processor: x86_64
INFO app: machine: x86_64
INFO app: python version: 3.10.6
INFO app: qt5 version: 5.15.3
INFO app: pyqt5 version: 5.15.6
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt/launch.py", line 196, in main
    app = OpenShotApp(argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt/classes/app.py", line 131, in __init__
    self.project = project_data.ProjectDataStore()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt/classes/project_data.py", line 66, in __init__
    self.new()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt/classes/project_data.py", line 291, in new
    profile = self.get_profile(profile_desc=default_profile_desc)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt/classes/project_data.py", line 341, in get_profile
    if legacy_profile and legacy_profile.Key() == temp_profile.Key():
AttributeError: 'Profile' object has no attribute 'Key'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/openshot-qt", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('openshot-qt==3.1.0', 'gui_scripts', 'openshot-qt')())
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt/launch.py", line 198, in main
    app.show_errors()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'show_errors'
INFO app:             OpenShot's session ended

INFO app:             Sun Apr 16 17:09:43 2023

INFO app: ================================================
Sentry is attempting to send 1 pending error messages
Waiting up to 2 seconds
Press Ctrl-C to quit

Can anyone help me?

popey
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Thomas Maréchal
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  • Your question is confusing. You do not install a PPA it is simply a pointer to where the software is. – David Apr 16 '23 at 17:05

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You should use the AppImage instead. Download it from https://www.openshot.org/nl/download/ . It should detect that you have a Linux version and offer to download the AppImage version.

An AppImage is basically a sort of zip-file containing all depedencies and usually works without any problems.

When downloading, put it in a folder of your choice (rather not keep it in ~/Downloads. Then in a terminal make it executable:

martin@Jupiter:/mnt/ssd/AppImages$ chmod a+x OpenShot-v3.1.0-x86_64.AppImage

Then create a Desktop shortcut file in /home/<your username>/.local/share/applications using e.g. gedit or the editor of your choice, and name it openshot.desktop.

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=OpenShot Video Editor
GenericName=Video Ediging
Comment=Create your own videos
Exec=/mnt/ssd/AppImages/OpenShot-v3.1.0-x86_64.AppImage
Icon=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application

Notice that the Icon part is empty. You could search for an icon of OpenShot, put in the same directory and then point to it (full path is recommended) in the Icon= line. For instance this link. wiki

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=OpenShot Video Editor
GenericName=Video Editing
Comment=Create your own videos
Exec=/mnt/ssd/AppImages/OpenShot-v3.1.0-x86_64.AppImage
Icon=/mnt/ssd/AppImages/openshot-arrow.png
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application

Afterwards just open the applications menu in UBuntu and start typing 'openshot' and it should appear.

Pianoman
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