Ubuntu
im-switch package

zenity is required to run im-switch GUI, but zenity is not installed by default

Bug #1071690 reported by Walter Cheuk
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
im-switch (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

When installing Ubuntu into Chinese (perhaps all CJK?) locales, im-switch is installed as a menu item by default. It requires zenity package to run, but zenity is not installed by default! This leave average users a strange place where the im-switch menu item can't run for no reason.

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Dennis Schridde (devurandom) wrote :

$ im-switch -c
/usr/bin/im-switch: 1: eval: zenity: not found
/usr/bin/im-switch: 455: /usr/bin/im-switch: zenity: not found

---
Package: im-switch
[...]
Suggests: zenity
---
I think that should be "Depends" instead of "Suggests".

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in im-switch (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package im-switch - 1.22ubuntu5

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im-switch (1.22ubuntu5) raring; urgency=low

  * handle missing zenity better (LP: #1071690)
    - im-switch.in: add check for zenity existance
    - im-switch: add wrapper script starting in terminal if called from the
                 menu without zenity
    - im-switch.desktop: call wrapper script
    - debian/control: depend on zenity | x-terminal-emulator
 -- Julian Taylor <email address hidden> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:35:06 +0100

Changed in im-switch (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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