ImportError: No module named gi.repository

Question

I'm trying to launch python script on Ubuntu 10.04:

from gi.repository import Nautilus, GObject

It doesn't work:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "script.py", line 1, in <module>
    from gi.repository import Nautilus, GObject
   ImportError: No module named gi.repository

I installed python-gobject-dev, python-gobject, python-nautilus, but it didn't help. Has anyone had this problem?

Answer 1

Try to fix it by installing PyGObject:

# With Apt on Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt install python3-gi

# With Yum on CentOS / RHEL:
$ sudo yum install python36-gobject.x86_64 

# Or directly with Pip:
$ pip3 install PyGObject  

Answer 2

sudo apt-get install -y python-gobject

Fixed it for me on Ubuntu 18.04.

Answer 3

@hob's answer for Anaconda didn't work for me, but conda install -c conda-forge pygobject did.

Answer 4

10.04? That's pre-GNOME 3, so the preferred Python bindings were based on PyGTK, not PyGObject. You need to either use the (obsolete) PyGTK bindings or upgrade to a newer OS.

Answer 5

Anaconda usually has python package binaries that will work with your platform (Mac or older Ubuntu). According to @Abhijit you need pygobject. It works a lot like pip:

conda install -c auto pygobject

Answer 6

You need to install pygobject, pygobject3(3 comes from the gtk version, not python).

If you're on Mac:

• ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" < /dev/null 2> /dev/null Install the latest version of homebrew
• brew install pygobject Install pyobject
• brew install pygobject3 Install pyobject3
• mkdir -p /Users/abhijit/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages Check and build the sitepath directory if it doesn't exist
• echo 'import site; site.addsitedir("/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages")' >> /Users/abhijit/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/homebrew.pth Create a shortcut in your python Site-packages to your homebrew path