Build from source: ResourcePath.ERROR: Unable to determine resource path

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Hi,
I’m trying to build the latest (master) from source, using the instructions in the INSTALL:

python3 setup.py build

sudo python3 setup.py install

I can run Gramps from the source/build directory by using:

Gramps.py

But when trying to run normally, by using the command:

gramps

The following error shows: ResourcePath.ERROR: Unable to determine resource path

Googling around, I came across this : [SOLVED] gramps doesn’t open, but I’m not sure, if this is the same issue.
I’m probably missing something… any ideas?

Environment:
OS: Linux Mint 20.3 x86_64
Kernel: 5.13.0-40-generic
Gramps: Latest (build from source)

Thanks
Avi

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I had the same problem, and it’s been discussed before:

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I always use the git repo. I never use the gramps script (/usr/bin/gramps)
At each time, I only do:
python3 setup.py build;LANG=en_US.utf8 python3 Gramps.py
If you want to have gramps in english or:
python3 setup.py build;python3 Gramps.py
if you want to have it in your own language.

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I was doing that too, but since I last pulled the source from git and ran python3 setup.py build;python3 Gramps.py, this error comes up when trying to approach the Preference menu:

24739: ERROR: grampsapp.py: line 173: Unhandled exception
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/home/avi/git/gramps/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py”, line 677, in preferences_activate
GrampsPreferences(self.uistate, self.dbstate)
File “/home/avi/.gramps/gramps52/plugins/Themes/themes.py”, line 111, in init
self.add_behavior_panel,
AttributeError: ‘GrampsPreferences’ object has no attribute ‘add_behavior_panel’

So I was thinking if I actually install Gramps’ it will solve this problem.

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Third party addons have not been updated for Gramps 5.2.x yet, so you may want to report that to the addon developer?

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Thanks, I will, How can I remove it until it is fixed? Should I just delete /Themes/themes.py?

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If you want to have this module working, you need to modify the following lines:

            page_funcs = (
                self.add_data_panel,
                self.add_general_panel,
                self.add_addons_panel,
                self.add_famtree_panel,
                self.add_import_panel,
                self.add_limits_panel,
                self.add_color_panel,
                self.add_symbols_panel,
                self.add_idformats_panel,
                self.add_text_panel,
                self.add_warnings_panel,
                self.add_researcher_panel,
                self.add_themes_panel)
            ConfigureDialog.__init__(self, uistate, dbstate, page_funcs,
                                     GrampsPreferences, config,
                                     on_close=self._close)
        else:
            page_funcs = (
                self.add_data_panel,
                self.add_general_panel,
                self.add_addons_panel,
                self.add_famtree_panel,
                self.add_import_panel,
                self.add_limits_panel,
                self.add_color_panel,
                self.add_symbols_panel,
                self.add_idformats_panel,
                self.add_text_panel,
                self.add_warnings_panel,
                self.add_researcher_panel,
                self.add_themes_panel)

This is due to the configure.py update related to PR Update Preferences dialog by DaveSch-gramps · Pull Request #1149 · gramps-project/gramps · GitHub

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Yep, this worked! I can now use Gramps again… Thank you very much

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There is a PR to bring Themes into agreement with the modified configure.py

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