Public bug reported: On ubuntu 24.04 the version of python3 is currently 3.12.3. xdot 1.3 relies on distutils which was removed in python 3.12, resulting in breakage. Running xdot results in the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/xdot", line 2, in <module> from xdot.__main__ import main File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xdot/__main__.py", line 22, in <module> from .ui.window import DotWindow, Gtk File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xdot/ui/__init__.py", line 11, in <module> from .window import DotWidget, DotWindow File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xdot/ui/window.py", line 42, in <module> from ._xdotparser import XDotParser File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xdot/ui/_xdotparser.py", line 21, in <module> from distutils.version import LooseVersion ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils' See also the upstream issue: https://github.com/jrfonseca/xdot.py/issues/125 Updating xdot to version 1.4 should ifx this. ** Affects: xdot (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2084949 Title: xdot 1.3 crashes with python 3.12 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdot/+bug/2084949/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs