New Arch kernel won't launch OpenShot video editor [SOLVED]

Question

I just re-installed Arch the other day and now OpenShot Video Editor won't startup.
[wordstrings@DTR-Arch-Linux ~]$ openshot
------------------------- ERROR 1 ------------------------------
Failed to import 'from openshot import main'
Error Message: cannot import name main
(process:24968): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
OpenShot (version 1.4.4~alpha1)
Process no longer exists: 24908. Creating new pid lock file.
------------------------- ERROR 2 ------------------------------
Failed to import 'from openshot.openshot import main'
Error Message: unsupported locale setting
OpenShot has failed to import some of the Python files or libraries
required for our application to run. Here are some trouble shooting
tips:
Tip 1) Check if MLT can be successfully imported in Python. Run the
following commands, and see if any errors are displayed. If you get
an error, you need to investigate the correct way to install MLT.
NOTE: Do not type the $ or >> characters in the examples below.
$ python
>> import mlt
>> mlt.Factory().init()
Tip 2) If MLT is working from the first example, then the next tip is
to look at the above error messages very closely, and google for more
help. It's likely the problem is already reported, and maybe there is
a simple work-around. Also, you can search for bugs or report a new
bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/openshot. Good luck!
Command running python:
[wordstrings@DTR-Arch-Linux ~]$ python
Python 3.3.3 (default, Nov 26 2013, 13:47:45)
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mlt
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named 'mlt'
>>> mlt.Factory().init()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'mlt' is not defined
So;
[wordstrings@DTR-Arch-Linux ~]$ pacman -Ss mlt
community/mlt 0.9.0-5 [installed]
An open source multimedia framework
Also;
[wordstrings@DTR-Arch-Linux ~]$ export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages
[wordstrings@DTR-Arch-Linux ~]$ echo $PYTHONPATH
:/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages
I'v read & done everything I can find on Google and in Arch bbs about this. I even installed all the other video editors I could find and none of them work.
Last edited by customscrollbar (2014-01-03 16:53:02)

Answer 1

I downloaded the openshot tarball off their website (openshot.com) and checked/installed the list of dependencies that came with it in the README file, (this)
OpenShot Video Editor is programmed in Python, and thus does not need
to be compiled to run. However, be sure you have the following
dependencies in order to run OpenShot successfully:
1) Python 2.5+ (http://www.python.org)
2) GTK & pyGTK (http://www.pygtk.org)
3) GooCanvas & Python bindings (http://live.gnome.org/GooCanvas)
4) MLT Framework (http://www.mltframework.org)
5) Sox audio library
6) Frei0r video effect library
7) FFmpeg
Afterwards, I cd into the openshot directory, to run this command:
$ sudo python setup.py install
which triggers the setup.py file in it, but the shell gave me this error output
[wordstrings@DTR-Arch-Linux openshot-1.4.3]$ sudo python setup.py install
[sudo] password for wordstrings:
File "setup.py", line 23
print "Execution path: %s" % os.path.abspath(__file__)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Is there anyway I can alter line 23 in setup.py so the install command will work?
Last edited by customscrollbar (2014-01-03 01:40:18)