Can't update or install apps

[Michal Predotka]

bq M10 rc-proposed r243

When trying to update an app this morning, I got an error about destination path not being writable. The app is YouTube by Mateo Salta.
Screenshot with the error attached.

[Jonas G. Drange (jonas-drange)]

Thanks Michal. Could you do $ ls -la ~/Downloads to confirm you do have access to the Downloads folder?

[Michal Predotka (mpredotka)]

I get this output:

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ ls -la ~/Downloads
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 phablet phablet 4096 Nov 19 02:13 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 phablet phablet 4096 Dec 2 09:27 ..
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$

[Michal Predotka (mpredotka)]

I checked System Settings>Updates againg just now and it says that the YouTube app is updated. Not sure if that's really true as the changes from the app changelog does not seem to work.

[Jonas G. Drange (jonas-drange)]

Sorry, you need to check the folder ~/.local/share/ubuntu-download-manager/Downloads

My bad. Also, you can find the installed version of the youtube scope by doing $ click list | grep youtube

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey)]

I am getting the same with another app.

[Michal Predotka (mpredotka)]

My output:

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ click list | grep youtube
youtube-web.mateo-salta 0.8
com.ubuntu.scopes.youtube 1.5.1-152
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ ls -la ~/.local/share/ubuntu-download-manager/Downloads/
total 8
drwxrwxr-x 2 phablet phablet 4096 Nov 28 17:16 .
drwxrwxr-x 6 phablet phablet 4096 Nov 29 09:55 ..
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$

So the youtube app is not updated as the newest version is 0.9

[Bill Filler (bfiller)]

It's a u-d-m but not u-s-s so marking u-s-s task invalid

[Kristijan Žic  (kristijan-zic)]

Confirming the same problems on mako rc-proposed.
I can't update nor install any apps.

[Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)]

in next update on proposed

[Kris (k-k-jacewicz)]

The manual workaround, that has worked for me:

$ sudo mount -o remount,rw /
$ sudo mkdir /Downloads
$ sudo chown -R phablet:phablet /Downloads
$ sudo ln -s /home/phablet/Downloads /Downloads
$ sudo mount -o remount,ro /

I restarted my phone, but then I took full advantage of the hack, I got all the updates installed.

[larralde (dlarralde)]

For me everythings right with the new update

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-download-manager - 1.3+17.04.20161202-0ubuntu1

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ubuntu-download-manager (1.3+17.04.20161202-0ubuntu1) zesty; urgency=medium

  * Fix data path for unconfined downloads (LP: #1646758)

 -- Michael Sheldon <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:05:43 +0000

[Jesse (jessedubord)]

I'm still encountering this problem on the Nexus 4, rc-proposed channel. Using the LGE Nexus 4, r582 build.

[Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)]

This landed in 587 on Dec 7