Over-long error message for missing/uninstallable dependencies
Bug #433232 reported by
Miguel Diago
This bug affects 4 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dillo (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| software-center (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Matthew Paul Thomas | ||
Bug Description
When a package can not be installed due to unmet dependencies software-center currently displays the following message:
'Package dependencies cannot be resolved: This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are missing or not installable. Futhermore there could be a conflict between software packages which are not allowed to be installed at the same time. >Details'
Revision history for this message
| Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in software-store (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| summary: |
- Can't install Dillo from software-store + software-store doesn't provide error dialog when package can't be + installed |
Revision history for this message
| Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote Re: software-store doesn't provide error dialog when package can't be installed | #2 |
| summary: |
- software-store doesn't provide error dialog when package can't be - installed + software-center doesn't provide correct error dialog when package can't + be installed |
| description: | updated |
| summary: |
- software-center doesn't provide correct error dialog when package can't - be installed + Over-long error message for missing/uninstallable dependencies |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in dillo (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in dillo (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Revision history for this message
| Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote | #4 |
| description: | updated |
| Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
| status: | Triaged → Confirmed |
| description: | updated |
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The bug here is that there is no good message when a package can not get installed:
sudo apt-get install dillo
[sudo] password for egon:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
dillo: Depends: libgtk1.2 (>= 1.2.10-4) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages