Comment 0 for bug 1672424

.deb files fail to install from non repository locations i.e. The file manager gnome-software claims "this file type is not supported".

Using dpkg from the command line works as expected so the files aren't corrupt. This happened last distribution as well when it was first released. Might be a regression caused by adding snap package capabilities to the software-center?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: gnome-software 3.22.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-13.15-generic 4.10.1
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
Date: Mon Mar 13 10:02:00 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-20 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-software
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-02-28 (12 days ago)