Installer removes packages, but fails to update package database
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
There is a set of packages that are installed on the livecd that get removed during installation. Sometimes the package database fails to be updated to reflect that the packages were removed, so while the files are gone, the package database still shows the package as being installed.
This problem can manifest itself when users install gparted, which depends on libgtkmm-2.4.so.1. The package database things this library is already installed, but in fact, the files were removed during installation, so gparted can not load the library. Other packages have been affected as well, though the problem is difficult to reproduce. It may require getting an error during the grub installation phase.
Changed in gparted (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
affects: | gparted (Ubuntu) → ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
summary: |
- libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 cannot open shared object file + Installer removes packages, but fails to update package database |
description: | updated |
GParted does not yet compile with the GNOME 3 libraries.
As a work around you might try installing the missing library "libgtkmm- 2.4-1c2a" .