Prepare optional webgui setup (Apache, nginx, lighttpd)

Makefile

@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
-# Translation helper
+# Targets
+.PHONY: all prepare translation orig deb clean
 
+# Package information
+VERSION := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -S Version | sed 's/-.*//')
+PACKAGE := yms
+
+# Default target
+all: prepare
+
+# Debian source archive
+orig:
+	git archive \
+		--format=tar \
+		--prefix=$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/ \
+		HEAD \
+		':(exclude)debian' \
+		':(exclude)locale/*.pot' \
+		':(exclude)locale/de/LC_MESSAGES' \
+		| xz -9 > ../$(PACKAGE)_$(VERSION).orig.tar.xz
+
+# Debian package
+deb: orig
+	dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
+
+# Translation files
 prepare: ymsgui.py yms/*.py yms/ui/*.ui
 	xgettext -L Python -o locale/program.pot ymsgui.py yms/*.py
 	xgettext -L Glade -o locale/ui.pot yms/ui/*.ui
@@ -11,3 +35,12 @@ translation: locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ymsgui.mo
 locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ymsgui.mo: locale/de.po
 	mkdir -p locale/de/LC_MESSAGES
 	msgfmt locale/de.po -o locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ymsgui.mo
+
+# Clean generated files
+clean:
+	rm -f locale/program.pot
+	rm -f locale/ui.pot
+	rm -f locale/combined.pot
+	rm -f locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ymsgui.mo
+
+	

config/apache/yms.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Alias /yms /usr/share/yms/webgui
+
+<Directory /usr/share/yms/webgui>
+    Options FollowSymLinks
+    AllowOverride None
+    Require all granted
+
+    <FilesMatch "\.inc$">
+        Require all denied
+    </FilesMatch>
+
+    DirectoryIndex index.php
+</Directory>

config/nginx/yms.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+location ^~ /yms/ {
+    alias /usr/share/yms/webgui/;
+    index index.php;
+}
+
+location ~ ^/yms/.*\.inc$ {
+    deny all;
+}
+
+location ~ ^/yms/(.+\.php)$ {
+    include fastcgi_params;
+    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/share/yms/webgui/$1;
+    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME /yms/$1;
+    fastcgi_pass unix:@PHP_FPM_SOCKET@;
+}

db/minimal.sql

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ INSERT INTO settings (userid, sno, valint) VALUES
 
 /* setting descriptions */
 INSERT INTO settings (userid, sno, valstr) VALUES
+(-1, 0, 'database schema version'),
 (-1, 1, 'vessel id'),
 (-1, 2, 'date format'),
 (-1, 3, 'user menu'),

debian/changelog

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+yms (0.2.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial Debian packaging.
+
+ -- Thomas Hooge <thomas@hoogi.de>  Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0200

debian/config

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+
+db_input high yms/db-name || true
+db_input high yms/db-user || true
+db_input high yms/db-password || true
+
+db_input high yms/webgui || true
+
+db_go

debian/control

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Source: yms
+Section: misc
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Thomas Hooge <thomas@hoogi.de>
+Build-Depends:
+ debhelper-compat (= 13),
+ gettext
+Standards-Version: 4.7.2
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
+
+Package: yms
+Architecture: all
+Depends:
+ mariadb-server,
+ python3,
+ python3-gi,
+ gir1.2-gtk-3.0,
+ gir1.2-rsvg-2.0,
+ python3-mysqldb,
+ python3-bcrypt,
+ php (>= 8.0),
+ php-mysql,
+ php-xml,
+ gettext,
+ mupdf-tools
+Description: Yacht Management Software
+ Yacht management software with native GTK GUI and web interface.

debian/docs

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+README
+INSTALL

debian/install

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Database
+db/*.sql usr/share/yms/db/
+
+# Native GUI
+ymsgui.py usr/lib/yms/
+yms/*.py usr/lib/yms/yms/
+
+# GTK UI
+yms/ui/* usr/share/yms/ui/
+
+# Web-GUI
+webgui/*.php usr/share/yms/webgui/
+webgui/globals.inc usr/share/yms/webgui/
+webgui/lib/*.inc usr/share/yms/webgui/lib/
+webgui/css/* usr/share/yms/webgui/css/
+webgui/js/* usr/share/yms/webgui/js/
+webgui/img/* usr/share/yms/webgui/img/
+webgui/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/yms.mo usr/share/yms/webgui/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/
+webgui/sailboat.svg usr/share/yms/webgui/
+webgui/config.inc-sample usr/share/yms/
+
+# Shared static data
+shapes/* usr/share/yms/shapes/
+
+# Desktop entry
+yms.desktop usr/share/applications/
+
+# Idesktop link file
+yms.lnk usr/share/yms/
+
+# Webserver
+config/apache/yms.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/

debian/manpages

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+yms.1

debian/postinst

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+
+detect_webservers()
+{
+    WEB_SERVERS=""
+
+    if dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' apache2 2>/dev/null |
+        grep -q 'install ok installed'; then
+        WEB_SERVERS="$WEB_SERVERS apache2"
+    fi
+
+    if dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' nginx 2>/dev/null |
+        grep -q 'install ok installed'; then
+        WEB_SERVERS="$WEB_SERVERS nginx"
+    fi
+
+    if dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' lighttpd 2>/dev/null |
+        grep -q 'install ok installed'; then
+        WEB_SERVERS="$WEB_SERVERS lighttpd"
+    fi
+
+    WEB_SERVERS="${WEB_SERVERS# }"
+}
+
+db_get yms/db-name
+DB_NAME="$RET"
+
+db_get yms/db-user
+DB_USER="$RET"
+
+db_get yms/db-password
+DB_PASSWORD="$RET"
+
+echo "Configuring YMS..."
+echo "Checking MariaDB database '${DB_NAME}'..."
+
+if mariadb -N -B -e "SELECT SCHEMA_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME = '${DB_NAME}'" | grep -Fxq "${DB_NAME}"; then
+    echo "Database '${DB_NAME}' already exists."
+else
+    echo "Database '${DB_NAME}' does not exist."
+    echo "Creating database '${DB_NAME}'..."
+    mariadb -e "CREATE DATABASE \`${DB_NAME}\`"
+    echo "Database '${DB_NAME}' created."
+    echo "Initializing database schema..."
+    mariadb "${DB_NAME}" < /usr/share/yms/db/mariadb.sql
+    mariadb "${DB_NAME}" < /usr/share/yms/db/minimal.sql
+    echo "Database schema initialized."
+fi
+
+db_get yms/webgui
+if [ "$RET" = "true" ]; then
+
+    detect_webservers
+    case "$WEB_SERVERS" in
+    "")
+        echo "No supported webserver installed."
+        ;;
+    apache2)
+        echo "Apache detected."
+        a2enconf yms
+        invoke-rc.d apache2 reload
+        echo "Web GUI for apache2 enabled."
+        ;;
+    nginx)
+        echo "nginx detected."
+        ;;
+    lighttpd)
+        echo "lighttpd detected."
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Multiple webservers detected: $WEB_SERVERS"
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+    if [ ! -f /etc/yms/config.inc ]; then
+        # create initial configuration
+        sed \
+            -e "s|@DB_USERNAME@|$DB_USER|g" \
+            -e "s|@DB_PASSWORD@|$DB_PASSWORD|g" \
+            -e "s|@DB_SCHEMA@|$DB_NAME|g" \
+            /usr/share/yms/config.inc-sample \
+            > /etc/yms/config.inc
+        chmod 0640 /etc/yms/config.inc
+        chown root:www-data /etc/yms/config.inc
+        ln -s /etc/yms/config.inc /usr/share/yms/webgui/config.inc
+    fi
+
+fi
+
+exit 0

debian/rules

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+# Standard Debian build
+%:
+	dh $@
+
+# No build via Makefile
+override_dh_auto_build:
+
+# Generate translation and install generated files
+override_dh_install:
+	mkdir -p debian/yms/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES
+	msgfmt locale/de.po -o debian/yms/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ymsgui.mo
+	install -D -m 0644 icons/yms.svg debian/yms/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/yms.svg
+	install -D -m 0644 icons/yms48.png debian/yms/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/yms.png
+	install -D -m 0644 icons/yms64.png debian/yms/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/yms.png
+	install -D -m 0755 debian/yms-launcher debian/yms/usr/bin/yms
+	dh_install
+	sed -i 's#@PREFIX@#/usr#g' debian/yms/usr/share/applications/yms.desktop
+	sed -i 's#@PREFIX@#/usr#g' debian/yms/usr/share/yms/yms.lnk
+
+# Installation is handled by debian/install
+override_dh_auto_install:
+
+override_dh_installdebconf:
+	dh_installdebconf

debian/source/format

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)

debian/templates

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Template: yms/db-name
+Type: string
+Default: yms
+Description: Database name:
+ Please enter the name of the MariaDB database used by YMS.
+
+Template: yms/db-user
+Type: string
+Default: ymsweb
+Description: Web GUI database user:
+ Please enter the MariaDB user used by the YMS web interface.
+
+Template: yms/db-password
+Type: password
+Description: Web GUI database password:
+ Please enter the password for the YMS web interface database user.
+
+Template: yms/webgui
+Type: boolean
+Default: false
+Description: Enable the YMS web interface?
+ The YMS package includes a web interface that can be served
+ by a web server.
+ .
+ Do you want to enable the web interface?

debian/yms-launcher

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec /usr/bin/python3 /usr/lib/yms/ymsgui.py "$@"

install.sh

@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ install -m 0644 \
 cp -a \
     "${SOURCEDIR}/shapes/." \
     "${SHAREDIR}/shapes/"
-install -m 0644 \
+sed "s#@PREFIX@#${PREFIX}#g" \
     "${SOURCEDIR}/yms.lnk" \
-    "${SHAREDIR}/yms.lnk"
+    > "${SHAREDIR}/yms.lnk"
+chmod 0644 "${SHAREDIR}/yms.lnk"
 
 # Documentation
 echo "Installing documentation..."
@@ -117,9 +118,11 @@ chmod 0755 "${BINDIR}/yms"
 
 echo "Installing desktop entry..."
 install -d "${DESKTOPDIR}"
-install -m 0644 \
+sed "s#@PREFIX@#${PREFIX}#g" \
     "${SOURCEDIR}/yms.desktop" \
-    "${DESKTOPDIR}/yms.desktop"
+    > "${DESKTOPDIR}/yms.desktop"
+chmod 0644 "${DESKTOPDIR}/yms.desktop"
+
 
 # TODO webgui? or separately?
 

locale/de.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: YMS 0.1\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-05-07 11:50+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-08-28 14:39+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2025-05-15 09:05+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: Thomas Hooge <thomas@hoogi.de>\n"
 "Language-Team: de <thomas@hoogi.de>\n"
@@ -16,80 +16,325 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 
-#: ymsgui.py:150
-msgid "Configuration file not found"
-msgstr "Konfigurationsdatei nicht gefunden"
+#: ymsgui.py:148
+msgid ""
+"Delete user!\n"
+"Are you sure?"
+msgstr ""
 
-#: ymsgui.py:172
-msgid "Database connection cannot be established"
+#: ymsgui.py:254
+msgid ""
+"Configuration file '{}' not found.\n"
+"Default configuration has been created.\n"
+"Please edit that file according to your needs.\n"
+"\n"
+"Then restart this program."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ymsgui.py:277
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+"Database connection cannot be established.\n"
+"\n"
+"Server: {}\n"
+"Database: {}\n"
+"Error: {} ({})"
 msgstr "Datenbankverbindung kann nicht hergestellt werden"
 
 #: yms/ui/main.ui:7
 msgid "YMS"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:28
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:31
 msgid "empty"
 msgstr "leer"
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:56
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:61 yms/ui/main.ui:1081 yms/ui/main.ui:2195
 msgid "Name"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:77
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:82 yms/ui/main.ui:1134
 msgid "Model"
 msgstr "Modell"
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:119
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:113
+msgid "Add"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:126 yms/ui/main.ui:452 yms/ui/main.ui:1322
+msgid "Save"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:150
 msgid "Vessel"
 msgstr "Boot"
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:148
-msgid "Lists"
-msgstr "Listen"
-
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:186
-msgid "Ok"
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:194 yms/ui/main.ui:874 yms/ui/main.ui:1544
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1859 yms/ui/main.ui:2068 yms/ui/main.ui:2298
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2528
+msgid "New"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:207
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:208 yms/ui/main.ui:1013 yms/ui/main.ui:1885
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2094 yms/ui/main.ui:2324 yms/ui/main.ui:2554
+msgid "Delete"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:247
+msgid "Login"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:258
+msgid "Displayname"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:289
+msgid "Role"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:300
+msgid "Language"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:331
+msgid "Password"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:350
+msgid "Create"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:363
+msgid "Locked"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:376
+msgid "Deleted"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:486
 msgid "User"
 msgstr "Benutzer"
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:220
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:526 yms/ui/main.ui:901 yms/ui/main.ui:1570
+msgid "Details"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:539 yms/ui/main.ui:887 yms/ui/main.ui:1027
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1557 yms/ui/main.ui:1872 yms/ui/main.ui:2081
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2311 yms/ui/main.ui:2541
+msgid "Edit"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:566
+msgid "Lists"
+msgstr "Listen"
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:595 yms/ui/main.ui:923 yms/ui/main.ui:1591
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1906 yms/ui/main.ui:2115 yms/ui/main.ui:2345
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2575
+msgid "page0"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:607
+msgid "Companies"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:620
 msgid "Base data"
 msgstr "Basisdaten"
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:230
-msgid ""
-"Equipment\n"
-"Here be dragons"
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:653 yms/ui/main.ui:1405 yms/ui/main.ui:1784
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1951 yms/ui/main.ui:2160 yms/ui/main.ui:2390
+msgid "Clear"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:241
-msgid "Equipment"
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:666 yms/ui/main.ui:1418 yms/ui/main.ui:1797
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1964 yms/ui/main.ui:2173 yms/ui/main.ui:2403
+msgid "Apply"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:688 yms/ui/main.ui:1260
+msgid "Category"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:699 yms/ui/main.ui:1123
+msgid "Manufacturer"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:710 yms/ui/main.ui:1249
+msgid "Supplier"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:721 yms/ui/main.ui:1462 yms/ui/main.ui:1756
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1997 yms/ui/main.ui:2447
+msgid "Text"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:732
+msgid "Flags"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:781
+msgid "ordered"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:794
+msgid "removed"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:807
+msgid "deleted"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:836
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "Filter Equipment"
 msgstr "Ausrüstung"
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:252
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:935
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "Equipment details"
+msgstr "Ausrüstung"
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:952 yms/ui/main.ui:963 yms/ui/main.ui:974
 msgid "label"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:262
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1041
+msgid "Close"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1063 yms/ui/main.ui:1689
+msgid "page2"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1092
+msgid "Short name"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1145
+msgid "Serial no."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1156
+msgid "Weight, kg"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1167
+msgid "Price, €"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1178
+msgid "Date puchase"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1271 yms/ui/main.ui:2217
+msgid "Remarks"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1336
+msgid "Cancel"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1359 yms/ui/main.ui:1668
+msgid "page1"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1372 yms/ui/main.ui:1986
+msgid "Equipment"
+msgstr "Ausrüstung"
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1440
+msgid "Storage"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1451
+msgid "Condition"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1505
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "Filter Inventory"
+msgstr "Inventar"
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1603
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "Inventory details"
+msgstr "Inventar"
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1621 yms/ui/main.ui:1634 yms/ui/main.ui:1647
+msgid "button"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1702
 msgid "Inventory"
 msgstr "Inventar"
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:292
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1733
+msgid "Kategorie"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1821
+msgid "Filter Providions (here selection description)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:1918
 msgid "Provisions"
 msgstr "Verpflegung"
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:322
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2030
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "Filter Maintenance"
+msgstr "Wartung"
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2127
 msgid "Maintenance"
 msgstr "Wartung"
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:352
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2206 yms/ui/main.ui:2603 yms/ui/main.ui:2664
+msgid "Status"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2260
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "Filter Projects"
+msgstr "Projekte"
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2357
 msgid "Projects"
 msgstr "Projekte"
 
-#: yms/ui/main.ui:382
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2425
+msgid "Type"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2436
+msgid "Reference"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2490
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "Filter Documents"
+msgstr "Dokumente"
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2587
 msgid "Documents"
 msgstr "Dokumente"
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2618
+msgid ""
+"This is an early release of YMS native GUI.\n"
+"Please use the web frontend wich is already \n"
+"in an usable state.\n"
+"\n"
+"For further assistance please consult the related\n"
+"thread in \"Segeln Forum\"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: yms/ui/main.ui:2647
+msgid "YMS-GUI version 0.2.1"
+msgstr ""
+
+#~ msgid "Configuration file not found"
+#~ msgstr "Konfigurationsdatei nicht gefunden"

webgui/config.inc-sample

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ define('APP_ILLUSTRATION', 'sailboat.svg');
 
 // database connection
 $g_db_host = 'localhost';
-$g_db_username = 'ymsweb';
-$g_db_password = 'changeme!';
-$g_db_schema = 'yms';
+$g_db_username = '@DB_USERNAME@';
+$g_db_password = '@DB_PASSWORD@';
+$g_db_schema = '@DB_SCHEMA@';
 
 // mail settings
 $g_mail_enable      = FALSE;

yms.desktop

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ GenericName=Yacht Management
 GenericName[de]=Yacht-Verwaltungssoftware
 Comment=Yacht Management Software
 Comment[de]=Verwaltung von Yachten, Dokumenten und technischen Daten
-Exec=/usr/local/bin/yms
+Exec=@PREFIX@/bin/yms
 Icon=yms
 StartupNotify=true
 Terminal=false

yms.lnk

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 table Icon
   Caption: Yacht Management
-  Command: /usr/local/bin/yms
-  Icon: /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/yms.png
+  Command: @PREFIX@/bin/yms
+  Icon: @PREFIX@/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/yms.png
   Width: 48
   Height: 48
   X: 168

ymsgui.py

@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             errno, errtxt = db.last_error()
             gtkutils.messagebox(
                 _("Database connection cannot be established.\n\n"
-                  "Server: %s\nDatabase: %s\n"
-                  "Error: %s (%d)") % (cfg['host'], cfg['db'], errtxt, errno),
+                  "Server: {}\nDatabase: {}\n"
+                  "Error: {} ({})").format(cfg['host'], cfg['db'], errtxt, errno),
                 title="YMS")
 
 # Another fine product of the sirius cybernetics corporation