Error using gnome-app-install

[Daniel Robitaille]

On 12/18/05, Jason Riker <jasonrkr at charter.net> wrote:
> Hello again.  I try to run Add Applications off the Applications menu,
> but it's not working.  It asks for my password, but the application
> never opens.  Someone told me the command line equivalent is
> gnome-app-install so I ran it from a terminal and this is what I get
>
> /usr/lib/gnome-app-install/AppInstall.py:196: GtkWarning:
> gtk_accel_label_set_accel_closure: assertion
> `gtk_accel_group_from_accel_closure (accel_closure) != NULL' failed
>   LaunchpadIntegration.add_items (widget, -1, False, True);
> Segmentation fault
>
> Any ideas how I fix this?  I'm using Dapper Drake.

Other people are experiencing it as well:
   https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21132