fails to install packages that were OK prior to 14.04
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-center (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Ubuntu Software Center exits with this message:
"The installation or removal of a software package failed."
Selecting "details" in the USC dialog gives the following information:
previously unselected package libtiff4:amd64.
(Reading database ...
(Reading database ... 5%
(Reading database ... 10%
(Reading database ... 15%
(Reading database ... 20%
(Reading database ... 25%
(Reading database ... 30%
(Reading database ... 35%
(Reading database ... 40%
(Reading database ... 45%
(Reading database ... 50%
(Reading database ... 55%
(Reading database ... 60%
(Reading database ... 65%
(Reading database ... 70%
(Reading database ... 75%
(Reading database ... 80%
(Reading database ... 85%
(Reading database ... 90%
(Reading database ... 95%
(Reading database ... 100%
(Reading database ... 168308 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libtiff4_
Unpacking libtiff4:amd64 (3.9.7-3ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libimage-
Preparing to unpack .../libimage-
Unpacking libimage-
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.6-1) ...
Setting up libtiff4:amd64 (3.9.7-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libimage-
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu3) ...
I ran software-center from a terminal to get the following output:
/usr/share/
GLib.
/usr/share/
GLib.
/usr/share/
GLib.
/usr/share/
GLib.
/usr/share/
GLib.
/usr/share/
GLib.
2014-03-28 09:16:00,410 - softwarecenter.
The installation or removal of a software package failed.
'
2014-03-28 09:16:04,081 - softwarecenter.
2014-03-28 09:16:05,034 - softwarecenter.
2014-03-28 09:16:05,035 - softwarecenter.
Additional information:
The package being attempted was Fotoxx, available at:
www.
Both of these fail the same way.
The package installs OK in several prior releases of Ubuntu going back to 12.04.
The package installs OK using
$ sudo dpkg --install fotoxx-
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: software-center 13.10-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Mar 28 17:24:45 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-28 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)