Icon suggests I right click, which doesn't help
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-notifier (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Install something which results in a broken package (like corsix-th from http://
Note a "No Entry" sign in the notification area.
Click on it to see the text:-
"An error occurred, please run Package Manager from the right-click menu or apt-get in a terminal to see what is wrong". Followed by some more text.
There's a couple of things wrong with this.
1) There is no "Package Manager" on the "right click menu"
2) Running "apt-get in a terminal" just shows the help for apt-get.
So it's pretty unhelpful to anyone who has this problem, and would be exactly the kind of person who needs this help.
It should possibly suggest running specific apt-get commands, or maybe link to a document on the wiki explaining how to get out of this mess?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-notifier 0.119ubuntu8.6
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 2 23:30:18 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SourcePackage: update-notifier
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
tags: | added: quantal |
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |