| 2013-01-30 09:06:33 |
Ryan Finnie |
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| 2013-01-30 09:07:05 |
Ryan Finnie |
attachment added |
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20130130-software-center-steam-install.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1110188/+attachment/3507232/+files/20130130-software-center-steam-install.log |
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| 2013-01-30 09:08:07 |
Ryan Finnie |
bug |
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added subscriber The Canonical Sysadmins |
| 2013-02-07 14:50:11 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
summary |
Software Center removed half my system |
USC allows a package installation to uninstall vital packages |
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| 2013-02-07 14:50:15 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
software-center (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2013-02-07 14:50:18 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
software-center (Ubuntu): assignee |
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
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| 2014-10-10 16:18:08 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
software-center (Ubuntu): importance |
Undecided |
High |
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| 2015-05-22 10:08:27 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
software-center (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
Triaged |
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| 2015-05-22 10:08:27 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
software-center (Ubuntu): assignee |
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
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| 2015-05-22 10:09:58 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
description |
I downloaded steam_latest.deb from steampowered.com, saved it, double clicked on it, and Software Center launched. It brought up the deb information page, I clicked Install, and Software Center proceeded to remove literally about half of the installed pacakges on my system (about 400), including things like unity, ubuntu-desktop, and, ironically, software-center itself. It eventually errored out (see attached log).
Using /var/log/apt/history.log, I was able to restore the system's packages to their previous state, but Software Center shouldn't have allowed this to happen (whether or not the third-party .deb was actually at fault).
NB: To correct the apt error, I did "apt-get -f install". Then, after I apt-get installed the packages which were removed, steam was still installed, so it wasn't a dependency error which caused the packages to be removed. I have no idea why it actually happened.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: software-center 5.4.1.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 30 00:53:19 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-14 (230 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-16 (136 days ago) |
software-center 5.4.1.3, Ubuntu 12.10
I downloaded steam_latest.deb from steampowered.com, saved it, double clicked on it, and Software Center launched. It brought up the deb information page, I clicked Install, and Software Center proceeded to remove literally about half of the installed pacakges on my system (about 400), including things like unity, ubuntu-desktop, and, ironically, software-center itself. It eventually errored out (see attached log).
Using /var/log/apt/history.log, I was able to restore the system's packages to their previous state, but Software Center shouldn't have allowed this to happen (whether or not the third-party .deb was actually at fault).
NB: To correct the apt error, I did "apt-get -f install". Then, after I apt-get installed the packages which were removed, steam was still installed, so it wasn't a dependency error which caused the packages to be removed. I have no idea why it actually happened.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#installing>: "4. If installing the software would involve removing ubuntu-desktop, the package should be treated as uninstallable (just as it is with software updates). 5. If the relevant package cannot be installed, for that reason or any other, an error alert should appear..." |
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| 2015-11-02 14:08:47 |
André Pirard |
description |
software-center 5.4.1.3, Ubuntu 12.10
I downloaded steam_latest.deb from steampowered.com, saved it, double clicked on it, and Software Center launched. It brought up the deb information page, I clicked Install, and Software Center proceeded to remove literally about half of the installed pacakges on my system (about 400), including things like unity, ubuntu-desktop, and, ironically, software-center itself. It eventually errored out (see attached log).
Using /var/log/apt/history.log, I was able to restore the system's packages to their previous state, but Software Center shouldn't have allowed this to happen (whether or not the third-party .deb was actually at fault).
NB: To correct the apt error, I did "apt-get -f install". Then, after I apt-get installed the packages which were removed, steam was still installed, so it wasn't a dependency error which caused the packages to be removed. I have no idea why it actually happened.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#installing>: "4. If installing the software would involve removing ubuntu-desktop, the package should be treated as uninstallable (just as it is with software updates). 5. If the relevant package cannot be installed, for that reason or any other, an error alert should appear..." |
Update:
Bug #793318 has been made an alias of this bug without notifying here that it relates to APTURL and modifying this header.
A similar horror story happened invisibly after clicking an APTURL link in a Web page.
Please add "Affects apturl (Ubuntu)" like in that page.
Original:
software-center 5.4.1.3, Ubuntu 12.10
I downloaded steam_latest.deb from steampowered.com, saved it, double clicked on it, and Software Center launched. It brought up the deb information page, I clicked Install, and Software Center proceeded to remove literally about half of the installed pacakges on my system (about 400), including things like unity, ubuntu-desktop, and, ironically, software-center itself. It eventually errored out (see attached log).
Using /var/log/apt/history.log, I was able to restore the system's packages to their previous state, but Software Center shouldn't have allowed this to happen (whether or not the third-party .deb was actually at fault).
NB: To correct the apt error, I did "apt-get -f install". Then, after I apt-get installed the packages which were removed, steam was still installed, so it wasn't a dependency error which caused the packages to be removed. I have no idea why it actually happened.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#installing>: "4. If installing the software would involve removing ubuntu-desktop, the package should be treated as uninstallable (just as it is with software updates). 5. If the relevant package cannot be installed, for that reason or any other, an error alert should appear..." |
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| 2015-11-02 14:09:36 |
André Pirard |
summary |
USC allows a package installation to uninstall vital packages |
USC/APTURL allows a package installation to invisibly uninstall vital packages |
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| 2015-11-02 14:12:01 |
André Pirard |
bug task added |
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apturl |
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| 2015-11-02 14:13:14 |
Launchpad Janitor |
ubuntu: status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2015-11-02 14:13:14 |
André Pirard |
affects |
apturl |
ubuntu |
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| 2015-11-02 14:13:54 |
André Pirard |
bug task deleted |
ubuntu |
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| 2015-11-02 14:15:06 |
André Pirard |
bug task added |
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apturl |
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| 2015-11-02 17:13:29 |
André Pirard |
description |
Update:
Bug #793318 has been made an alias of this bug without notifying here that it relates to APTURL and modifying this header.
A similar horror story happened invisibly after clicking an APTURL link in a Web page.
Please add "Affects apturl (Ubuntu)" like in that page.
Original:
software-center 5.4.1.3, Ubuntu 12.10
I downloaded steam_latest.deb from steampowered.com, saved it, double clicked on it, and Software Center launched. It brought up the deb information page, I clicked Install, and Software Center proceeded to remove literally about half of the installed pacakges on my system (about 400), including things like unity, ubuntu-desktop, and, ironically, software-center itself. It eventually errored out (see attached log).
Using /var/log/apt/history.log, I was able to restore the system's packages to their previous state, but Software Center shouldn't have allowed this to happen (whether or not the third-party .deb was actually at fault).
NB: To correct the apt error, I did "apt-get -f install". Then, after I apt-get installed the packages which were removed, steam was still installed, so it wasn't a dependency error which caused the packages to be removed. I have no idea why it actually happened.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#installing>: "4. If installing the software would involve removing ubuntu-desktop, the package should be treated as uninstallable (just as it is with software updates). 5. If the relevant package cannot be installed, for that reason or any other, an error alert should appear..." |
Update:
Bug #793318 has been made an alias of this bug without notifying here that it relates to APTURL and modifying this header.
A similar horror story happened invisibly after clicking an APTURL link in a Web page. In that example, it removed the communication manager to make restoring difficult.
The problem is doing the operations blindly, without showing what's happening. Removing Synaptic Packet Manager is also a similar problem.
Please add "Affects apturl (Ubuntu)" like in that page.
Original:
software-center 5.4.1.3, Ubuntu 12.10
I downloaded steam_latest.deb from steampowered.com, saved it, double clicked on it, and Software Center launched. It brought up the deb information page, I clicked Install, and Software Center proceeded to remove literally about half of the installed pacakges on my system (about 400), including things like unity, ubuntu-desktop, and, ironically, software-center itself. It eventually errored out (see attached log).
Using /var/log/apt/history.log, I was able to restore the system's packages to their previous state, but Software Center shouldn't have allowed this to happen (whether or not the third-party .deb was actually at fault).
NB: To correct the apt error, I did "apt-get -f install". Then, after I apt-get installed the packages which were removed, steam was still installed, so it wasn't a dependency error which caused the packages to be removed. I have no idea why it actually happened.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#installing>: "4. If installing the software would involve removing ubuntu-desktop, the package should be treated as uninstallable (just as it is with software updates). 5. If the relevant package cannot be installed, for that reason or any other, an error alert should appear..." |
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| 2021-11-19 18:25:33 |
Ryan Finnie |
removed subscriber The Canonical Sysadmins |
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| 2021-11-19 18:25:42 |
Ryan Finnie |
removed subscriber Ryan Finnie |
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