software-center will not install a downloaded .deb
Bug #706041 reported by
Doug McMahon
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #702217: [NO MORE COMMENTS PLEASE] Cannot install local deb package from Software Center.
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Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-center (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: software-center
software-center will attepmt but fail on installing any single .deb package whether from browser dialog or downloaded and then opened.
attached terminal debug
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: software-center 3.1.10
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 21 14:28:29 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110120)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
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This has occurred to me also and it should be noted that dpkg will install the same package (.deb) with no complaint at all .