[howto] Install bazaar explorer in debian

Since I’m quite the python fan, and also indirectly a fan of bazaar, I’m really liking the bazaar explorer. Especially on windows. Since I wanted the same application on linux, tried to install the explorer.

Somehow, somewhere something went wrong. Obviously not a good thing. After installing the bazaar explorer (first through downloading the tarball here, secondly by executing “bzr lp:bzr-explorer explorer” in the ~/.bazaar/plugins folder) I stumbled upon an error:

Unable to load plugin 'explorer' from '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins'

and later the same from my ~/.bazaar/plugins folder…

The solution

Actually deceivingly simple, the source installation page from bazaar explorer said:

If this fails to start, ensure that you have compatible versions of dependent products installed, namely: QBzr, PyQt, Qt and bzr.

Making sure you’ve got these requirements fixes the whole ordeal.

Qbzr on debian

My solution was simply to install qbzr on debian, since I already had bzr, qt and pyqt installed.

To install qbzr on debian, one needs to add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list (following these guidelines):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/qbzr-dev/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Updating apt and installing qbzr (as root of course, or sudo):

# aptitude update
# aptitude install qbzr

Now, enjoy your bazaar explorer!

PS: when you have the error on the key, here‘s an explanation on how to add it to apt