Ubuntu
software-center package

  1. Bug #705988
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 705988

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Michael E Granat (megranat) wrote : Re: [Bug 705988] Re: [master] Untrusted packages can not be installed

That is not a viable workaround. It fails on both of my Ubuntu 10.10
(Maverick) desktop PCs.
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Michael Edward Granat <email address hidden>

On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 05:20 +0000, Christopher M. Penalver wrote:

> ** Description changed:
>
> Binary package hint: software-center
>
> This is the master bug report for software-center not being able to
> install untrusted packages.
>
> The precise error message can be seen in the screenshot attached and is as follows:
> "Requires installation of untrusted packages
> The action would require the installation of packages from not authenticated sources."
>
> The error dialog only has an 'ok' button which aborts the installation
> and has no option to trust the source.
> -
> - WORKAROUND: Immediately before opening software-center perform at the
> - Terminal:
> -
> - sudo apt-get update
>