*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 843002 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/843002
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 843002
Crashes when "For Purchase" apps have been installed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/852003
Title:
USC fails to launch in non-admin user account if there's a private PPA
Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “python-apt” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Ubuntu Software Center 4.1.23.2, Ubuntu 11.10 beta 1
Ubuntu Software Center 5.0.1.4, Ubuntu 11.10
1. Subscribe to a private PPA. (For example, purchase some software.)
2. Close USC and relaunch it.
3. Switch to a guest account (or any non-admin account), and launch USC.
What happens:
2. USC opens.
3. USC fails to open, with this traceback:
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 151, in <module>
app = SoftwareCenterAppGtk3(datadir, xapian_base_path, options, args)
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 206,
in __init__
self.cache.open()
File
"/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/pkginfo_impl/aptcache.py", line
209, in open
self._cache = apt.Cache(GtkMainIterationProgress())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 93, in __init__
self.open(progress)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 140, in open
self._list.read_main_list()
SystemError: E:Opening
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/private-ppa.launchpad.net_whatever_ubuntu.list -
ifstream::ifstream (13: Permission denied)
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What should happen:
3. USC should launch.
Bug 746625 (currently marked Invalid) is the equivalent bug in apt.
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