Linux Mint Update Manager no longer runs

Update Manager asks for SU passwork but fails to run when launched from the start menu. $ sudo mintupdate results in the following: (gksudo:5105): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed No module named gtk No module named pygtk Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py", line 59, in gettext.install("mintupdate", "/usr/share/linuxmint/locale") NameError: name 'gettext' is not defined Is the resent installation of Python 2.7.4 to blame? 2.7.4 is in /usr/local/bin and is the default to current user. /usr/bin/python is the old 2.7.3 $ python Python 2.7.4 (default, May 15 2013, 21:25:05) [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import gtk Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ImportError: No module named gtk >>> import pygtk Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ImportError: No module named pygtk >>> $ /usr/bin/python Python 2.7.3 (default, Sep 26 2012, 21:51:14) [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import gtk >>> import pygtk >>>


mucking with python (adding a newer version into /usr/local/bin) broke mintupdate as it requires a python with pygtk access. I will update this posting once that is resolved......