Deluge not launching

ASDTT

I tried to start a download via a magnet link from firefox and deluge didn't launch itself after selecting it as the application to open the magnet. Then I tried launching deluge directly from the budgie menu, and also failed to do anything. Tried double clicking a .torrent file, no luck either. Rolled back the last update (there wasn't anything related to deluge but tried it either way), not launching it.
I also tried lts kernel, but with no success. Uninstalled it and reinstalled it but problem was still the same. Transmission is launching without a problem on the same system with the last update (week 19).

EbonJaeger

If you try to run deluge from the terminal, does it output anything?

ASDTT

EbonJaeger outputs:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/deluge", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('deluge==2.1.1', 'gui_scripts', 'deluge')())
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/bin/deluge", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point
    return next(matches).load()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 202, in load
    module = import_module(match.group('module'))
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/deluge/ui/ui_entry.py", line 19, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

Staudey

ASDTT Seems like that module is part of setuptools, which was recently split out from the main Python 3 package in Solus. So perhaps installing python-setuptools will make it work? I'm confused as to why it needs it though.

TraceyC

That's odd. I'm not getting that error when I launch deluge from command line. While looking at reviews of it in Discover, someone said it crashes for them if they try to change the download directory.

I do get a notice that there's a new release available, it was just published a few weeks ago. I'm working on updating the package in our repo. It will be available in unstable as soon as I can get it to build. It will be in stable after the next sync.

If deluge still won't launch for you after it's updated to 2.2.0, you'll need to file a bug on their tracker.

ASDTT

Staudey After installing python-setuptools Deluge is working fine again in all scenarios written in my first post.
Thanks!

TraceyC

ASDTT
Thanks for confirming that. I'm pushing a fix to the package to add python-setuptools to the runtime dependencies for the package, which will fix it for new installs and updates.