Kubuntu Package Manager problem: package doesn't get installed when it is in a directory with spaces on its name

[David Losada Gacio]

Binary package hint: dpkg

When right clicking the mouse to install a .deb package if it is under a directory with "space" characters the dpkg command doesn't find it. It looks like a locale problem.
Filesystem: Reiserfs 3.6
locale output:
LANG=es_ES@euro
LANGUAGE=es_ES:es:en_GB:en
LC_CTYPE="es_ES@euro"
LC_NUMERIC="es_ES@euro"
LC_TIME="es_ES@euro"
LC_COLLATE="es_ES@euro"
LC_MONETARY="es_ES@euro"
LC_MESSAGES="es_ES@euro"
LC_PAPER="es_ES@euro"
LC_NAME="es_ES@euro"
LC_ADDRESS="es_ES@euro"
LC_TELEPHONE="es_ES@euro"
LC_MEASUREMENT="es_ES@euro"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="es_ES@euro"
LC_ALL=

[Ian Jackson (ijackson)]

This is probably a bug in some wrapper program but I'll try to find out which one. It's far from clear that we ought to go around installing packages with double-clicks anyway!

[Johnny Levai (digistyl3)]

I can confirm this even in Kubuntu 6.10, fully updated to KDE 3.5.6.
I tried to install a package from "/home/nrg88/media1/Kitt Linux and other/Basket Note Pads" via the Kubuntu Package Menu in Konqueror, hitting right click.
I get:

dpkg: error processing /home/nrg88/media1/Kitt (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing Linux (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing and (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing other/Basket (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing Note (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing Pads/basket_1.0-1_i386.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /home/nrg88/media1/Kitt
 Linux
 and
 other/Basket
 Note
 Pads/basket_1.0-1_i386.deb
Press <enter> to exit...
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[Johnny Levai (digistyl3)]

The bug exists in Feisty Fawn Beta too.

[Johnny Levai (digistyl3)]

Anyone please fix this problem? We're getting close to Feisty release, and still it's impossible to install a deb file from a directory which has spaces in it's path.

[Johnny Levai (digistyl3)]

I made a patch which fixes the problem.

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

uploaded in kubuntu-default-settings_7.04-39