I had the same issue. To satisfy my kids I applied the fix of Yannis Tsop (comment #1) by hand. It worked perfectly, thanks Yannis!
For who has impatient children too: sudo nano /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/childsplay_sp/SPMainCore.py Search for the line: from sqlalchemy import exceptions as sqla_exceptions Replace it with: from sqlalchemy import exc as sqla_exceptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1316557 Title: childsplay does not start on Trusty (14.04) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/childsplay/+bug/1316557/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs