Topic: Problem starting Electrum after install from source on Ubuntu 15.10 (Read 677 times)

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I've just downloaded and installed the latest version of Electrum from source on Ubuntu 15.10. During the steps to get things setup, I got no errors at all and everything seems to have gone well. Electrum was installed in /usr/local/bin

When I start Electrum from the terminal, I get the following errors and Electrum does not start.

anthony@Third-Earth:~/.electrum$ /usr/local/bin/electrum
Error: Cannot read config file. /home/anthony/.electrum
Error: Could not import icons_rc.py, please generate it with: 'pyrcc4 icons.qrc -o gui/qt/icons_rc.py'
Exception in thread Thread-9 (most likely raised during interpreter shutdown):Exception in thread Thread-3 (most likely raised during interpreter shutdown):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 810, in __bootstrap_inner
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Electrum-2.5.2-py2.7.egg/electrum/interface.py", line 201, in run
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Electrum-2.5.2-py2.7.egg/electrum/interface.py", line 115, in get_socket
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Electrum-2.5.2-py2.7.egg/electrum/interface.py", line 102, in get_simple_socket  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 810, in __bootstrap_inner

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 228, in meth
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Electrum-2.5.2-py2.7.egg/electrum/interface.py", line 201, in run: 'NoneType' object is not callable

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Electrum-2.5.2-py2.7.egg/electrum/interface.py", line 115, in get_socket
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Electrum-2.5.2-py2.7.egg/electrum/interface.py", line 102, in get_simple_socket
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 228, in meth
: 'NoneType' object is not callable


Can anyone give me a clue as to what I'm missing or what might not be working?

Thanks!