[gvfs] Installing deb package from remote filesystem (sftp) fails

[Eros Zanchetta]

Binary package hint: nautilus

I use Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop (just upgraded from 8.04), packages involved in this are (AFAIK):

- nautilus 2.24.1
- gdebi-gtk 0.3.13

When I try to install a deb package on a remote filesystem by double clicking on it, the package installer fails and displays the message: You tried to install a file that does not (or no longer) exist.

Steps to reproduce:

- connect to a server using Places -> Connect to Server
- insert connection data (I tried two different protocols SSH and Samba)
- double click on deb package on remote filesystem
- insert password at gksu prompt
- package installer stops after a couple of seconds with a "File not found error"

I tried with two different deb packeges:

- crossover-pro_7.1.0-1_i386.deb
- crossover-games-demo_7.1.0-1_i386.deb

with the same results.

My guess is that the since the package installer runs as root, it's unable to access a filesystem mounted by a user. But I may be wrong.

Let me know if you need more details on this.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nautilus 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

gdebi is the software used there

[Thomas Wailersbacher (t-wailersbacher)]

The exact problem on my AMD64 installation of 8.10. If I copy the *.deb file and install from the local copy, GDebi does the job.

[David Nielsen (davidnielsen-deactivatedaccount)]

Also happens for me here using a usb connected harddrive. This really is annoying since my local storage isn't all that impressive I rely on having a lot of things including packages for such things as the Fluendo codec pack and World of Goo.