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When I try to open the Terminal from Gauke Terminal or from XTerm by using

   gnome-terminal

it shows this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-terminal", line 9, in <module>
    from gi.repository import GLib, Gio
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
from . import _gi
ImportError: cannot import name '_gi'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 63, in apport_excepthook
    from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    from apport.report import Report
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 30, in <module>
    import apport.fileutils
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/fileutils.py", line 23, in <module>
    from apport.packaging_impl import impl as packaging
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 23, in <module>
    import apt
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    import apt_pkg
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-terminal", line 9, in <module>
    from gi.repository import GLib, Gio
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
    from . import _gi
ImportError: cannot import name '_gi'

I cannot open terminal from launcher and dashboard, or by using Ctrl+Alt+T. I tried to reconfigure locale and ~/.profile but that didn't help.

wandarz
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There are two important errors in the output, each is at the bottom of the two python error stacks:

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
    from . import _gi
ImportError: cannot import name '_gi'

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    import apt_pkg
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'

Let's figure out which packages aren't working:

$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py
python3-apt: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py

$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py
python3-gi: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py

So the two packages for you to reinstall are python3-apt and python3-gi

However, those two packages are fundamental to the operation of your Ubuntu system, and it's really unlikely that both failed at once. Something else important is going on that you have not mentioned yet.

Chai T. Rex
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