Error Importing Glib

Question

When trying to import glib in python 3 using from gi.repository import glib, I get an error saying:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2135, in _find_spec
AttributeError: 'DynamicImporter' object has no attribute 'find_spec'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/importer.py", line 53, in find_module
    'introspection typelib not found' % namespace)
ImportError: cannot import name glib, introspection typelib not found

I installed all the python glib/dev packages using apt-get on Ubuntu 14.04. Attempting to import the module in python 2 says the module doesn't exist.

How do I fix this?

It throws an error as soon as it gets to the import statement. I've tried using the interactive interpreter, that's where it throws the error. — Kookerus, Jul 01 '15 at 02:57

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 01 '15 at 03:03

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It works for me with GLib correctly capitalized:

from gi.repository import GLib

answered Jul 01 '15 at 03:03

Dan Getz

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Well, that works. Odd, I've seen multiple websites spell it with different capitalization saying it works. – Kookerus Jul 01 '15 at 03:05
@Kookerus maybe you confused it with the old style `import glib`? – Dan Getz Jul 01 '15 at 03:12
Maybe the site I copied it from had. I've seen `from gi.repository import glib` and `from gi.repository import Glib` – Kookerus Jul 01 '15 at 03:14
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A quick Google search shows me lots of `from gi.repository import Glib` and `from gi.repository import GLib as glib`. Easy to confuse, anyway. – Dan Getz Jul 01 '15 at 03:15

Error Importing Glib

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