After Ubuntu installation, nothing in universe is installable until package list is updated
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
software-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Karmic |
Won't Fix
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
On a fresh installation of Ubuntu, applications in Universe are displayed but their application screens are mysteriously missing the "Install" button. This problem fixes itself when the package list is reloaded.
Workaround: Close the Ubuntu Software Center. Open "System" > "Administration" > "Synaptic", and click "Reload". Once it finishes, reopen the Ubuntu Software Center.
1. Install Ubuntu 9.10.
2. Open the Ubuntu Software Center, and navigate to "Abe's Adventures".
3. Close the Ubuntu Software Center.
4. Open Synaptic, and click Reload.
5. Reopen the Ubuntu Software Center, and navigate to "Abe's Adventures".
What happens:
2. The "Install" button is missing, and "File" > "Install" is insensitive.
5. The "Install" button is where it should be, and "File" > "Install" is sensitive.
The root cause of this bug is bug 105511: while the app-install-data contains information for applications in both Main and Universe, the live CD contains (and installs) the Packages.gz file for Main but not for Universe. So the Ubuntu Software Center knows about the Universe packages, but does not know how to install them.
This would not have been easy for a novice user, its not good enough I could not recommend Ubuntu to a novice use with such a broken software installer.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 31 09:53:19 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
affects: | yelp (Ubuntu) → software-center (Ubuntu) |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- No Install button against software in Ubuntu Software Centre + After Ubuntu installation, nothing is installable until package list is + updated |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Critical → High |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
status: | New → Won't Fix |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
I accidentally reported this against the wrong package, it should be software-center