It's a kde application. It runs fine on Ubuntu with the kubuntu-desktop installed. It does need kdesu to run under root. I'm not using Edubuntu but I can confirm it is fine on Ubuntu with kubuntu-desktop installed.
-- swscanner tries to use kdesu, which is not installed https://launchpad.net/bugs/42775 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
