On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS this installation was done by SessionInstaller ( https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/sessioninstaller ). In 20.04 LTS and newer systems this package is removed.
So theoretically speaking the following installation command should make the packagekit available: ``` sudo apt-get install 'packagekit*' ``` and then `shares-admin` will open GNOME Software to install the needed dependencies. But this does not work. GNOME Software is very useful application! So the bug is fixable by a. manual installation of additional packages before launching `shares- admin`: ``` sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server samba shares-admin ``` b. manual download and installation of `sessioninstaller` package from 18.04 LTS and then launching `shares-admin` ``` cd ~/Downloads wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/s/sessioninstaller/sessioninstaller_0.20+bzr150-0ubuntu4.1_all.deb sudo apt-get install ./sessioninstaller_0.20+bzr150-0ubuntu4.1_all.deb shares-admin ``` Any comments? ** Also affects: sessioninstaller (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889057 Title: shares-admin can't install services - failed to install package: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.PackageKit was not provided by any .service files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1889057/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
