HOWTO: Bibus Breezy packages

[David Valentine]

After installing according to the directions in NeTo's HowTo (including MySQL), I'm getting the following error when I try to start Bibus:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/bibus/bibus.py", line 118, in ?
Bibus = Bibus()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/wx-2.6-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py", line 7473, in __init__
self._BootstrapApp()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/wx-2.6-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py", line 7125, in _BootstrapApp
return _core_.PyApp__BootstrapApp(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/bibus/bibus.py", line 103, in OnInit
dlg.Run()
File "/usr/share/bibus/FirstStart.py", line 141, in Run
import uno
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/uno.py", line 37, in ?
import pyuno
SystemError: dynamic module not initialized properly

Any ideas about what this all means?

[yarri]

Same problem here

[flibble]

I have the same problem. I've been trying on and off for six months to get bibus to work in breezy. I hope someone can help us with this. Good bibliographic software is the last bastion of windows for me

[NeTo]

I have been Googling around, and found this bug report. Looks similar, but I'm not sure.

Do you get the same error if you run the following?:

python -c 'import uno'

[yarri]

This is output of your command:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/uno.py", line 37, in ?
import pyuno
SystemError: dynamic module not initialized properly

I am too noobish to understand this.

[NeTo]

This is output of your command:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/uno.py", line 37, in ?
import pyuno
SystemError: dynamic module not initialized properly

I am too noobish to understand this.

As far as I understand, the problem might be related to OpenOffice and not to Bibus. You could follow the steps in this HOWTO to update OOo2 to 2.0.1 (The steps at Installation from repositories should suffice), which hopefully has issue sorted out.

[flibble]

Hi NeTo,

Thanks for your input. Yes, I get the same error when trying to load the uno module directly. I have upgraded to openoffice 2.01 but still get the same error. I also tried reinstalling libstdc++6 with no result.
Any idea how to get python to load the uno module?

Matthius Klose seems to think this bug was fixed for openoffice 1.9.121-1ubuntu6
http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10003

Perhaps by virtue of comment above in the same bug report: "the py uno
bridge can be compiled with ucs2 which will solve this problem."

How can I recompile the py uno bridge with ucs2?

Cheers, :f

[David Valentine]

According to the bibus installation page accessible through the links flibble provided, it appears that the problem is tricky indeed, and involves uninstalling the py-uno bridge installed with openoffice and installing a different one with bibus. I may attempt that later, but with some trepidation about potentially breaking my openoffice installation and with concern that no longer will synaptic be able to manage openoffice.

I'm glad to see others are interested in this problem--for the academic community (and others), the ability to manage and cite references is an absolute necessity. If there's any way to encourage the bibus and/or openoffice developers to resolve the situation such that installing both is a straightforward affair, I'd like to help. This is just the sort of ammunition we will need to help colleagues buy into the notion that linux *is* ready for the desktop!

[manicka]

From what I can see, this package for sqlite install

libsqliteodbc

Doesn't exist in the repos

[manicka]

According to the bibus installation page accessible through the links flibble provided, it appears that the problem is tricky indeed, and involves uninstalling the py-uno bridge installed with openoffice and installing a different one with bibus. I may attempt that later, but with some trepidation about potentially breaking my openoffice installation and with concern that no longer will synaptic be able to manage openoffice.

I believe this solution is only for Ooo1.1.4.

I to would like to get to the bottom of this one and get the package working. I've been looking for a scholar's aid /endnote replacement for some time.