[Bug 1752394] Re: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Gnome

[dino99]

Fixed by:

software-properties (0.96.24.22) bionic; urgency=medium

  * software-properties-gtk: Depend on libgtk3-perl for debconf's GNOME
    backend. Drop previous Recommends on libgtk2-perl. (LP: #1679784)

 -- Jeremy Bicha <jbicha at ubuntu.com>  Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:34:59 -0500


** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Gnome

Status in debconf package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Confusing upgrade:

  output:

  Unpacking debconf (1.5.66) over (1.5.65) ...
  Setting up debconf (1.5.66) ...
  debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Gnome
  debconf: (Can't locate Gtk3.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Gtk3 module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.26.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.26 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26 /usr/share/perl/5.26 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 151.)
  debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
  debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
  debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.)
  debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
  Selecting previously unselected package fonts-ubuntu.
  (Reading database ... 184774 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../fonts-ubuntu_0.83-1_all.deb ...
  Unpacking fonts-ubuntu (0.83-1) ...
  Preparing to unpack .../ttf-ubuntu-font-family_1%3a0.83-1_all.deb ...
  Unpacking ttf-ubuntu-font-family (1:0.83-1) over (1:0.83-0ubuntu2) ...
  Setting up debconf-i18n (1.5.66) ...
  Setting up python3-debconf (1.5.66) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.1-1) ...
  Setting up fonts-ubuntu (0.83-1) ...
  Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.12.6-0ubuntu1) ...
  Setting up ttf-ubuntu-font-family (1:0.83-1) ...

  Cant says if the upgrade is good or not.
  Needs to run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf' to set the minimal required.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: debconf 1.5.66
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-11.12-generic 4.15.5
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Wed Feb 28 20:12:14 2018
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: debconf
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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