Ubuntu 16.04: Run FreetuxTV

FreetuxTV is an application for watching online TV. FreetuxTV on Ubuntu 16.04 has a problem with Segmentation fault. This article will describe fixing the problem.

1 Problem with Segmentation fault

When running FreetuxTV on Ubuntu 16.04, FreetuxTV will be terminated by Segmentation fault.

$ freetuxtv
<snip>
(freetuxtv:2559): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_store_clear: assertion
'GTK_IS_TREE_STORE (tree_store)' failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

This problem will be resolved by this commit. This article will replace Ubuntu 16.04 file to latest file.

$ FREETUXTV=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freetuxtv/freetuxtv
$ wget ${FREETUXTV}/master/data/ui/addchannelsgroups.glade
$ sudo mv addchannelsgroups.glade /usr/share/freetuxtv/ui/

2 Execution result

FreetuxTV windows is displayed.

0001_FreetuxTV.png