Installing local deb gives an error in packagekit

[Stinger]

Hi
To continue from Bug#1059600
Trying to install a local downloaded deb package gives this error:
"GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._pk_5ftransaction_5ferror.Code4: SimulateInstallFiles not supported by backend"

As suggested I tried installing the gdebi-core package and had to reboot to have it working.
I can now install a package without using gksu or sudo, great :-)

Still.. why isn't the gdebi-core package installed as part of packagekit ? Do we need a dependency here ?

[Matthias Klumpp (ximion)]

It is a recommends of packagekit-backend-aptcc, but I'll make it a depends with the next PK upload. Way to many people don't install it...

[Stinger (e-mindahl)]

Would it be necessary with a dependency to the gnome-packagekit-tools package too ?
You suggested that I installed it earlier.

[Matthias Klumpp (ximion)]

PackageKit is the backend, the small background tool which does all the work. GNOME-PackageKit is the frontend, which just provides the UI. (Most stuff you reported is against the backend daemon "packagekit", not gpk so I reassigned it)
I already solved the issue you descibe above differently in Debian some time ago - it will flow back with the next Ubuntu release.

[Stinger (e-mindahl)]

Sounds great, thank's again for explanation and kind assistance :-)
Will wait for the flow in 13.04 ;-)

[Justin (justin-manj)]

Even with the gdebi-core, I still get the same error "could not resolve: ubuntu-tweak.deb" when trying from the terminal.
If I try double clicking it asks for the password, but is then just stuck at "Running" forever without any error messages.

I did remove sessioninstaller, installed gdebi core and gnome-packagekit-tools and rebooted. Any help? Mine is 64bit ubuntu Gnome remix, if that helps.

[Matthias Klumpp (ximion)]

Hmm, with gdebi-core it should actually work....
Please run "sudo /usr/lib/packagekit/packagekitd --verbose" in a new terminal and execute the installation again. Then attach the verbose output of PackageKit to this report.

[Everaldo Canuto (ecanuto)]

Yes, install gdebi-core fix the problem. Just checking how to include it on GNOME Remix updates.

[Matthias Klumpp (ximion)]

The dependency is changed in Debian, and the changes will flow back to Ubuntu.