problem running gufw in ubuntu 17.10

I'm a Gufw developer.

You can not run any root UI (Gparted, Synaptic, Gufw...) because of Wayland.

Related bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gui-ufw/+bug/1713238

All info here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/backintime/+bug/1713313/comments/44

As you can read in that link, I'm afraid that it will be not fixed, because it was closed as won't fix :/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274451

A hug and I'm so sorry.

A dirty workaround, but this is one way to make gufw work on Ubuntu 17.10 with Wayland:

• Create the file ~/bin/gufw and give it this contents:

  #!/bin/sh
  xhost SI:localuser:root
  /usr/bin/gufw
  xhost -SI:localuser:root
  

• Make the file executable:

  chmod +x ~/bin/gufw
  

Edit:

A more step by step explanation would be:

• Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal window.

• Run the command:

  mkdir -p bin
  

  (i.e. type it and press Enter)

• Open the gedit text editor with this command:

  gedit bin/gufw
  

• Copy the contents as above and paste it into the gedit window.

• Save and quit gedit.

• Run the command:

  chmod +x bin/gufw
  

• Quit the terminal window by running the command:

  exit
  

Re-installation not really required;

After a quick search, I found that Gufw is missing a python dependency. It appears that the python-gi package needs to be added as a dependency.

Steps to fix:

1. sudo apt install python-gi
2. gufw
3. Type in password