The "gio" module is part of python-gobject and applet.py is from system- config-printer-gnome which depends on python-gobject, so it is not a dependency problem. Perhaps some files are corrupted. Try
sudo apt-get install --reinstall python-gobject ** Changed in: system-config-printer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/711790 Title: applet.py crashed with ImportError: could not import gio -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs