'Updating plugins' dialogue appears on every startup

Looks like a bug. Could you please check the following steps?

1) Start Shutter (the main window should be visible and active)
2) Quit Shutter via Ctrl+Q
3) Start Shutter again

Does Shutter query the plugins again?

I have tested it, and quite regrettably, it does not happen.

Shutter must have been updated from PPA several times in a row before I filed this bug.

There are several similar reports (blog, mail). I'll prepare a fix.

I am using version 0.88.2 (Gentoo, KDE 4.8.2, Linux 3.2.12), and I still have this problem.

$ shutter -v
WARNING: Net::DBus::GLib is missing --> Ubuntu One support will be disabled!

WARNING: Image::ExifTool is missing --> Writing Exif information will be disabled!

0.88.2 Rev.1195

When I run "shutter --min_at_startup" I always get the "Updating plugin information" window. I also tried starting it, quitting it via Ctrl+Q and starting it again, both times I got the plugin update window. When I start shutter in a terminal, I get many messages starting with INFO/ERROR. Maybe they have something to do with this bug?

Do you need more information?

I've attached the error messages.

I am experiencing this annoyance after upgrading from Oneric (11.10) to Precise (12.04). The annoyance was not present in 11.10, at least for me.

@Antu: The error messages seem to be the reason for this behaviour. Please try the following steps

1) Install the package 'perl-PerlMagick ' (don't know if this is the correct package name)
2) Change all files in /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/ to be executable, e.g.

chmod +x /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Dropbox.pm

3) If this fixes your problem then please report the issues to Gentoo's bug tracker in order to get those bugs fixed.

@Doug Morse: Could you please launch Shutter via terminal, close it via Ctrl+Q and paste the complete output here?

@Mario: Certainly re: request to post output from terminal (see below). It looks like I need to run 'sudo apt-get install libnet-dropbox-api-perl', which I will do now and report back in a few moments.

----- BEGIN TERMINAL OUTPUT -----

WARNING: Net::DBus::GLib is missing --> Ubuntu One support will be disabled!

WARNING: Image::ExifTool is missing --> Writing Exif information will be disabled!

INFO: new upload-plugin information detected - /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Dropbox
Can't locate Net/Dropbox/API.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/share/shutter/resources/modules /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.14 /usr/share/perl/5.14 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Dropbox.pm line 73.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Dropbox.pm line 73.

ERROR: upload-plugin exists but does not work properly - /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Dropbox
Use of uninitialized value in numeric le (<=) at /usr/bin/shutter line 9020.
WARNING: DBus connection to org.freedesktop.compiz failed --> setting keyboard shortcuts may not work when using compiz

org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.compiz was not provided by any .service files

----- END TERMINAL OUTPUT -----

@Mario: OK, I ran 'sudo apt-get install libnet-dbus-glib-perl libimage-exiftool-perl libimage-info-perl' in addition to 'sudo apt-get install libnet-dropbox-api-perl', which appears to have fixed the problem (i.e., Shutter autostarts fine at login, and I no longer see a dialog screen informing me of plugin updates). For completeness, I quit shutter and again ran it from the terminal, which yielded the output below. Unfortunately, it's less clear to me how to fix the 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown' problem. I don't often use the shortcut keys with Shutter, but it would be nice to fix this final issue, if anyone can point me in the right direction re: how to do so. Thanks!

----- BEGIN TERMINAL OUTPUT -----

WARNING: DBus connection to org.freedesktop.compiz failed --> setting keyboard shortcuts may not work when using compiz

org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.compiz was not provided by any .service files

----- END TERMINAL OUTPUT -----

Changing permissions and installing imagemagick with +perl and dev-perl/JSON made the error messages go away and fixed the problem for me. I've reported this to the Gentoo Bugtracker (https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414889). Thanks. :-)

On Ubuntu Precise with all updates installed I had the same problem. However, I found a solution by following comment #8.

I installed the following packages:

* libimage-base-bundle-perl
* libimage-exiftool-perl
* libimage-info-perl
* libio-string-perl
* libnet-dbus-glib-perl

For those who want to do it in one go via apt-get:

sudo apt-get install libimage-base-bundle-perl libimage-exiftool-perl libimage-info-perl libio-string-perl libnet-dbus-glib-perl

These packages should be a dependency of Shutter. This Bug is not fixed.

Those packages were indeed missing on my system as well.

Shutter create a screenshot image, but after this shutter freezes.
I use command:
~~~
shutter -s -o ~/test.png
~~~
If exec `Ctrl+C` - I get errors:

WARNING: DBus connection to org.freedesktop.compiz failed --> setting keyboard shortcuts may not work when using compiz
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.compiz was not provided by any .service files

Forgot , sorry:
Linux e5530 3.5.0-19-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 13 17:48:01 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

@Sorbing: I don't know why your are posting to this bug. Please create a new one because it is a completely different issue. The errors are just warnings. You can ignore them. Is there anything else printed to the terminal that might be relevant?

No, nothing more. I created new issue - https://bugs.launchpad.net/shutter/+bug/1086376

Still had this problem in 13.04 fresh install

Installing packages from #10 fixed the problem

Installed the version coming up in Ubuntu Software Center and experienced this same issue. Applying updates as mentioned by #10 solves the issue.

Experiencing this on 16.04.3, shutter installed via apt.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

# apt-cache policy shutter
shutter:
  Installed: 0.93.1-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.93.1-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.93.1-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Applied steps as per #10. If no further reply from me, likely the steps worked.

Same problem on Ubuntu 18.04

# apt-cache policy shutter
shutter:
  Installed: 0.94-1
  Candidate: 0.94-1
  Version table:
 *** 0.94-1 500
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Applied steps as per #10 but didn't worked for me.

When I run Shutter from command line the popup "Update uploading plugin information" appears just after I see this error in the console:
ERROR: upload-plugin exists but does not work properly - /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Imgur

Could you please try latest bzr revision? I think, it should be fixed in rev. 1294.

I've still have this issue in 0.94.3 on Manjaro (and also before on Ubuntu). Running shutter from cli throws some light into the issue:

```
INFO: new upload-plugin information detected - /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Dropbox
Can't locate Net/OAuth.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Net::OAuth module) (@INC contains: /usr/share/shutter/resources/modules /usr/lib/perl5/5.32/site_perl /usr/share/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.32/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.32/core_perl /usr/share/perl5/core_perl) at /usr/share/shutter/resources/modules/WebService/Dropbox.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/shutter/resources/modules/WebService/Dropbox.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Dropbox.pm line 73.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Dropbox.pm line 73.

ERROR: upload-plugin exists but does not work properly - /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Dropbox

INFO: new upload-plugin information detected - /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Imgur
Can't locate Path/Class.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Path::Class module) (@INC contains: /usr/share/shutter/resources/modules /usr/lib/perl5/5.32/site_perl /usr/share/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.32/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.32/core_perl /usr/share/perl5/core_perl) at /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Imgur.pm line 77.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Imgur.pm line 77.

ERROR: upload-plugin exists but does not work properly - /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/Imgur
```

The problem with this is that even if I could find and install the missing packages to make these plugins work, there's no user-friendly way to tell that something is failing (besides the "updating plugins" message, that looks more like a bug than a local error). I don't even use the upload feature, so removing `/usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/*.pm` fixes the issue for me.

In any case, I'd expect `--min_at_startup` to skip showing the "updating plugins" message, so that's still a bug.

Hi! I am having this issue as well on multiple laptops running:

   "Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS".

So it can't really be a personal configuration issue.

Every time Shutter starts up it says it's updating the plugins. It makes me not want to use the software, usually if I want to take a screenshot I want to do it quickly and not wait for a program to load up every time. Shame this is a great app. I am no Linux wizard (yet), made the switch from Windows recently, so it's hard to find a solution myself. Any advice on how to solve this issue?

Sorry I forgot to add the terminal message that I get when I launch shutter from the CLI.

```

INFO: gathering system information...

Linux roibin-G501JW 5.4.0-47-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 4 19:50:52 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

cat: /etc/issue: Permission denied

Glib 1.320
Gtk2 1.2498

Glib built for 2.47.3, running with 2.48.2
Gtk2 built for 2.24.29, running with 2.24.30

ERROR: settingsfile /home/roibin/snap/shutter/27/.shutter/settings.xml does not exist

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/spbardistortion/spbardistortion
Barrel Distortion - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/spbardistortion/spbardistortion

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/spnegate/spnegate
Negate - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/spnegate/spnegate

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/sppolaroid/sppolaroid
Polaroid - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/sppolaroid/sppolaroid

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/spresize/spresize
Resize - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/spresize/spresize

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/spsepia/spsepia
Sepia - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/spsepia/spsepia

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/spshadow/spshadow
Hard Shadow - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/spshadow/spshadow

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/spwatermark/spwatermark
Watermark - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/perl/spwatermark/spwatermark

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/spgrayscale/spgrayscale
Grayscale - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/spgrayscale/spgrayscale

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/spoffset/spoffset
Offset - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/spoffset/spoffset

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/spraise/spraise
Raise Border - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/spraise/spraise

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/spsoftedges/spsoftedges
Soft Edges - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/spsoftedges/spsoftedges

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/spsunk/spsunk
Sunk Border - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/spsunk/spsunk

INFO: new plugin information detected - /snap/shutter/27/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/sptornedpape...

Roibin, it might be a Snap related issue, did you try install Shutter using the PPA: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/10/shutter-removed-from-ubuntu-1810-and.html ?