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Using GIO in Python 3

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How can I access the gio module for Python 3.2? (I want to interface with GVFS.) I did

sudo apt-get install python3-gobject

but this does not allow me to do

import gio

as it did in Python 2.7. Is the GIO module not provided with GObject in Python 3? How do I access it?

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answered 1 Year ago serveeel · Accepted Answer

gio is a PyGTK module, and is not available for Python 3 because PyGTK itself is deprecated. If you want to create a GTK+ application in Python 3, you will need to use its replacement: PyGObject. In the case of Gio, you import it like this.

$ python3

Python 3.2.2 (default, Sep  5 2011, 21:17:14) 

[GCC 4.6.1] on linux2

Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>> from gi.repository import Gio

Such documentation as exists can be found here. Best of luck!