Ubuntu Software Center install wrong version

[Cédric OCHS]

Hi there,

I'm under Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

I'm trying to install the package "Ryzom" from Ubuntu Software Center under Trusty, but instead of downloading the Trusty version (2.1.0.4658-0ubuntu2), it only downloads the Natty one (which is very old).

I checked in my "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_ryzom_ubuntu.list", it specifies "natty" instead of "trusty".

To fix the problem, I have to manually edit this file and replace "natty" by "trusty" and after refreshing packages list, it detects the new version and install it.

I have no idea why it happens so I suspect it's a bug.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Hi Cédric. USC just looks where the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ files tell it to. How did you end up with the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_ryzom_ubuntu.list file in the first place?

[Cédric OCHS (kervala)]

Hi Matthew,

Thanks for your reply :)

I always installed the game from USC. And I noticed something else very strange, before installing it, the version displayed in its page was different from the one after the installation, but in these 2 cases, it was an old version and not the Trusty one.

[Reinhard Pointner (filebot)]

I'm experiencing this issue as well.

It can easily be reproduced on a new install of Ubuntu 14.04 and here's a video of what happens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhw8sY0dVq8

This is a SEVERE issue. USC is installing broken software (that the user may have paid money for) even though up-to-date software is available.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Cédric OCHS (kervala)]

Thanks for the confirmation Reinhard :) I started to think I was the only one to have this bug :(

[Reinhard Pointner (filebot)]

I can confirm that the main issue is USC adding the wrong apt sources. I've been testing on "trusty" but it'll automatically add the package source for "quantal".

reinhard@ubuild:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ cat private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_filebot_ubuntu.list
deb https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/filebot/ubuntu quantal main #Added by software-center; credentials stored in /etc/apt/auth.conf

[Cédric OCHS (kervala)]

Yes, it's exactly the same case for me :)

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

I did a bunch of work on the server side and I think this issue is fixed now. I tried to install "ryzom" on a clean 14.04 system and I get the "trusty" sources and version "2.1.0.4658-0ubuntu2".

[Cédric OCHS (kervala)]

Thanks a lot Michael, I'll check again :)