Hello Vague, or anyone else affected, Accepted gnome-software into yakkety-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome- software/3.20.1+git20170427.0.3d09239-0ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Tags added: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672424 Title: Cannot install Debian files outside of the repositories Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-software source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in gnome-software source package in Yakkety: Fix Committed Status in gnome-software source package in Zesty: Fix Committed Bug description: Impact ------ It is not possible to use the default Software app to install .debs for packages that are not already available in Ubuntu. Test Case --------- 1. a. Download the .deb for a simple app for your version of Ubuntu directly from Launchpad. For 16.10, try https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-clocks/3.22.1-0ubuntu1/ Click amd64 then download the last .deb on that page. b. Open the .deb with gnome-software: gnome-software --local-filename=gnome-clocks_3.22.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb gnome-software should open to a page with an Install button for the package. This test case should already work. 2. a. Download a .deb that is not already in Ubuntu. It is important that the package not be available in your local apt cache. https://www.google.com/chrome/ https://itch.io/app b. Open the .deb with gnome-software gnome-software --local-filename=itch_23.2.1_amd64.deb gnome-software should open to a page with an Install button for the package. Click Install and verify that the app is installed. What Happens ------------ The second test fails. On Ubuntu 17.04, I get a popup "Sorry this did not work The file is not supported" On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or 16.10, I get "Sorry this did not work No file_to_app results to show" Regression Potential -------------------- Original Bug Report ------------------- .deb files fail to install from non repository locations i.e. The file manager gnome-software claims "this file type is not supported". Using dpkg from the command line works as expected so the files aren't corrupt. This happened last distribution as well when it was first released. Might be a regression caused by adding snap package capabilities to the software-center? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: gnome-software 3.22.6-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-13.15-generic 4.10.1 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7 Date: Mon Mar 13 10:02:00 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-20 (20 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-software UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-02-28 (12 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1672424/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
