0005594: Application "Software & Updates" (software-properties-gtk) does not work in Kali

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0005594	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2019-07-23 14:05	2021-07-07 15:16

Reporter	rhertzog	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	low	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	2019.2
Fixed in Version	2021.2

Summary	0005594: Application "Software & Updates" (software-properties-gtk) does not work in Kali
Description	Running software-properties-gtk in the command line fails with: ERROR:root:Cannot import UbuntuDrivers: No module named 'UbuntuDrivers' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 101, in <module> app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 109, in init SoftwareProperties.init(self, options=options, datadir=datadir) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 109, in init self.reload_sourceslist() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 599, in reload_sourceslist self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 93, in get_sources (self.id, self.codename)) aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for Kali/n/a

rhertzog 2019-07-23 16:13 administrator ~0010797	To fix this, we need to modify python-apt to add some Kali specific files in data/templates (which get installed in /usr/share/python-apt/templates/ in python-apt-common). This change should be submitted upstream (https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt).

rhertzog 2019-07-23 17:29 administrator ~0010798	The fix has been submitted here: https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt/merge_requests/15 I also had to update base-files to add a VERSION_CODENAME value in /etc/os-release.

rhertzog 2019-07-24 06:13 administrator ~0010800	I wanted to upload a forked python-apt but it fails to build currently so I can't do it: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=932834

k13875656919 2019-08-31 21:31 reporter ~0010952	I try your method,but still not working. T_T

rhertzog 2019-12-12 08:22 administrator ~0011663	Our change has been merged in Debian, but it's only available in python-apt > 1.9.0 which is in experimental and has backwards incompatible changes so I will no import it for now. I'll wait until it reaches unstable/testing.

rhertzog 2021-07-07 15:16 administrator ~0014898	Latest python-apt is now available in kali so this should be fixed.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2019-07-23 14:05	rhertzog	New Issue
2019-07-23 14:05	rhertzog	Status	new => assigned
2019-07-23 14:05	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2019-07-23 16:13	rhertzog	Note Added: 0010797
2019-07-23 17:29	rhertzog	Note Added: 0010798
2019-07-24 06:13	rhertzog	Note Added: 0010800
2019-08-31 21:31	k13875656919	Note Added: 0010952
2019-09-16 08:50	rhertzog	Relationship added	has duplicate 0005697
2019-12-12 08:22	rhertzog	Note Added: 0011663
2019-12-12 08:58	rhertzog	Priority	high => low
2019-12-12 08:58	rhertzog	Severity	major => minor
2021-07-07 15:16	rhertzog	Status	assigned => resolved
2021-07-07 15:16	rhertzog	Resolution	open => fixed
2021-07-07 15:16	rhertzog	Fixed in Version	=> 2021.2
2021-07-07 15:16	rhertzog	Note Added: 0014898