Sorry if I misled you with the ellipsis. You need to add /lib/python3.7/site-packages without the "blueman" part. With the definition below I can start blueman-services. But all programs report that blueman-applet fails. Indeed, blueman-applet fails with --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- blueman-applet version 2.1.2 starting blueman-applet 10.41.17 ERROR PluginManager:90 load_plugin: Unable to load plugin module NMPANSupport Traceback (most recent call last): File "/gnu/store/1f9x9hwfjpkq4h79dwsi06m3zrzdm8fp-blueman-2.1.2/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blueman/main/NetworkManager.py", line 6, in gi.require_version('NM', '1.0') File "/gnu/store/y4qwsw06ynvw3fjk2lrspp89mfmjzj5i-python-pygobject-3.28.3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace) ValueError: Namespace NM not available During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/gnu/store/1f9x9hwfjpkq4h79dwsi06m3zrzdm8fp-blueman-2.1.2/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blueman/main/PluginManager.py", line 88, in load_plugin importlib.import_module(self.module_path.__name__ + ".%s" % plugin) File "/gnu/store/c0ysvb6s92kwwnmkgdhnspllxvd3f231-python-3.7.4/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) File "", line 1006, in _gcd_import File "", line 983, in _find_and_load File "", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "", line 677, in _load_unlocked File "", line 728, in exec_module File "", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed File "/gnu/store/1f9x9hwfjpkq4h79dwsi06m3zrzdm8fp-blueman-2.1.2/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blueman/plugins/applet/NMPANSupport.py", line 3, in from blueman.main.NetworkManager import NMPANConnection File "/gnu/store/1f9x9hwfjpkq4h79dwsi06m3zrzdm8fp-blueman-2.1.2/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blueman/main/NetworkManager.py", line 8, in raise ImportError('NM python bindings not found.') ImportError: NM python bindings not found. blueman-applet 10.41.17 ERROR PluginManager:90 load_plugin: Unable to load plugin module NMDUNSupport Traceback (most recent call last): File "/gnu/store/1f9x9hwfjpkq4h79dwsi06m3zrzdm8fp-blueman-2.1.2/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blueman/main/NetworkManager.py", line 6, in gi.require_version('NM', '1.0') File "/gnu/store/y4qwsw06ynvw3fjk2lrspp89mfmjzj5i-python-pygobject-3.28.3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace) ValueError: Namespace NM not available During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/gnu/store/1f9x9hwfjpkq4h79dwsi06m3zrzdm8fp-blueman-2.1.2/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blueman/main/PluginManager.py", line 88, in load_plugin importlib.import_module(self.module_path.__name__ + ".%s" % plugin) File "/gnu/store/c0ysvb6s92kwwnmkgdhnspllxvd3f231-python-3.7.4/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) File "", line 1006, in _gcd_import File "", line 983, in _find_and_load File "", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "", line 677, in _load_unlocked File "", line 728, in exec_module File "", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed File "/gnu/store/1f9x9hwfjpkq4h79dwsi06m3zrzdm8fp-blueman-2.1.2/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blueman/plugins/applet/NMDUNSupport.py", line 3, in from blueman.main.NetworkManager import NMDUNConnection File "/gnu/store/1f9x9hwfjpkq4h79dwsi06m3zrzdm8fp-blueman-2.1.2/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blueman/main/NetworkManager.py", line 8, in raise ImportError('NM python bindings not found.') ImportError: NM python bindings not found. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/gnu/store/1f9x9hwfjpkq4h79dwsi06m3zrzdm8fp-blueman-2.1.2/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blueman/plugins/applet/StatusIcon.py", line 116, in _on_plugins_changed launch('blueman-tray', icon_name='blueman', sn=False) File "/gnu/store/1f9x9hwfjpkq4h79dwsi06m3zrzdm8fp-blueman-2.1.2/lib/python3.7/site-packages/blueman/Functions.py", line 137, in launch launched = appinfo.launch(files, context) GLib.Error: g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process “gio-launch-desktop” (No such file or directory) (8) blueman-applet 10.41.17 WARNING DiscvManager:109 update_menuitems: warning: Adapter is None killed --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- It seems that network-manager bindings for python are missing. We may need to package this: https://github.com/seveas/python-networkmanager Maybe I'm not starting it the right way. Have you got blueman to work on your system? Are you using a foreign distribution? New package definition: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (define-public blueman (package (name "blueman") (version "2.1.2") (source (origin (method url-fetch) (uri (string-append "https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman/releases/" "download/2.1.2/blueman-2.1.2.tar.gz")) (sha256 (base32 "0wamxdw36c8i3aqwmja5q70fajqwd7inpkvlpkldd54wdxbcd38d")))) (build-system glib-or-gtk-build-system) (arguments `(#:configure-flags (list "--enable-polkit" "--disable-appindicator" ; Deprecated "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=no" ; Not required "--with-systemduserunitdir=no") ; Not required #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases ;; Python references are not being patched in patch-phase of build; ;; despite using python-wrapper as input. So patching them manually. (add-after 'unpack 'patch-python-references (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys) (for-each (lambda (name) (substitute* (format #f "apps/blueman-~a.in" name) (("@PYTHON@") (string-append (assoc-ref inputs "python") "/bin/python3.7")))) '("adapters" "applet" "assistant" "manager" "mechanism" "report" "rfcomm-watcher" "sendto" "services" "tray")) #t)) (add-after 'glib-or-gtk-wrap 'wrap-blueman (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys) (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")) (bin (string-append out "/bin/blueman-")) (lib (string-append out "/lib/python3.7/site-packages/"))) (for-each (lambda (program) (pk program) (pk (string-append bin program)) (wrap-program (string-append bin program) `("PYTHONPATH" = (,(getenv "PYTHONPATH") ,lib)) `("GI_TYPELIB_PATH" = (,(getenv "GI_TYPELIB_PATH"))))) '("adapters" "applet" "assistant" "manager" "report" "sendto" "services" "tray")) #t)))))) (native-inputs `(("cython" ,python-cython) ("glib:bin" ,glib "bin") ("gtk+:bin" ,gtk+ "bin") ("intltool" ,intltool) ("libtool" ,libtool) ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config))) (inputs `(("adwaita-icon-theme" ,adwaita-icon-theme) ("bluez" ,bluez) ("dbus" ,dbus) ("gdkpixbuf" ,gdk-pixbuf) ("glib" ,glib) ("gtk+" ,gtk+) ("iproute2" ,iproute) ("net-tools" ,net-tools) ("pango" ,pango) ("polkit" ,polkit) ("pulseaudio" ,pulseaudio) ("pycairo" ,python-pycairo) ("pygobject" ,python-pygobject) ("python" ,python-wrapper) ("libnm" ,libnma))) (synopsis "GTK+ Bluetooth manager") (description "Blueman is a Bluetooth management utility using the Bluez D-Bus backend. It is designed to be easy to use for most common Bluetooth tasks.") (home-page "https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman") (license license:gpl3+))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- -- Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/