Getting message "ImportError: No module named gtk.glade" after running system-config-printer

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Issue

  • When running system-config-printer, getting following message:

    File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 28, in ?
  import gtk.glade
ImportError: No module named gtk.glade

  • system-config-printer fails with the following error:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 29, in <module>
  import gtk.glade
ImportError: No module named gtk.glade

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6
  • Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)
  • system-config-printer

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