The message for a package manager bug is unreadable and not understandable
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Hundred Papercuts |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
In my notification bar, there was a big red "No entry" sign. Clicking on this revealed an error message about "package manager". See the image.
1. The main text is sort of greyed-out, making it look like it should be ignored. Being grey also makes it hard to read.
2. The text says
"An error occurred, please run Package Manager from the right click menu, or apt-get in a terminal to see what is wrong. The error message was: [long error message here]. This usually means that your installed packages have unmet dependencies".
3. What is "the right click menu"? I couldn't find one. I couldn't find anything anywhere called "Package Manager". I'm sure the person who wrote this knew, but you shouldn't assume anyone knows what this mean.
4. Just saying "run apt-get" is NOT HELPFUL. (In fact apt-get crashed because of the error being reported, but that is a different issue). You need to give the EXACT COMMAND that needs to be run, which is, I think, "sudo apt-get -f update".
| Steven Pemberton (steven-pemberton) wrote | #1 |
| Sam Weston (cablespaghetti) wrote | #2 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| tags: | added: bionic focal |
This is still a problem on Focal. See attached screenshot. Triggered by me running apt dist-upgrade in a terminal, I guess while update-manager was also up to something in the background.
If someone can forward me to the source code I'll happily have a go at fixing it, but I can't find this message in the update-manager launchpad git repository. :(