Comment 68 for bug 1573206

It's out. I purged all the packages I had installed with dpkg -i and tested
by installing 64 bit chrome about 20 minutes ago.
On May 6, 2016 1:55 PM, "Dilum Tharaka" <email address hidden> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1573408 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1573408
>
> Is the fix out for this annoying issue?
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1573206
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> Title:
> GNOME Software does not install third-party .deb packages
>
> Status in GNOME Software:
> New
> Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
> Triaged
> Status in Ubuntu Studio:
> Triaged
> Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (clean install). 64-bit. Final release.
> Gnome-software version:
> 3.20.1+git20160420.1.ca63436.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu2
> Version table:
> *** 3.20.1+git20160420.1.ca63436.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu2 500
> 500 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64
> Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>
> I intended to install MEGA Sync Client, Google Chrome and Dropbox by
> downloading the needed packages from their websites (respectively
> https://mega.nz/#sync and https://www.google.com/chrome/ and
> https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx ). I opened the packages one by
> one with gnome-software and pressed Install - nothing, except for a
> super-quick progress bar animation, happened. No matter how many times I
> tried, same result. Also, an icon pops up on the panel saying "Waiting to
> install", but nothing seems to happen.
>
> This only seems to happen with third-party packages; installing a
> random deb from packages.ubuntu.com/xenial worked.
>
> I even tried to reinstall the system to make this work, but same
> problem.
>
> Gdebi, however, installs the packages as expected.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: gnome-software
> 3.20.1+git20160420.1.ca63436.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
> Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Thu Apr 21 21:01:52 2016
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-software
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-21 (0 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
> (20160420.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=nn_NO:nn:no_NO:no:nb_NO:nb:en
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=nn_NO.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: gnome-software
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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