[Bug 868188] Re: Software Center cannot open external .deb file

[Mark Embling]

I did so and this is the output - nothing particularly error-like there
unfortunately.


mark at mark-VirtualBox:~/Downloads$ software-center google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb 
2011-10-05 15:57:57,622 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.em - INFO - EM's: 17 15 21
2011-10-05 15:58:01,475 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file
2011-10-05 15:58:01,590 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.utils - INFO - Softwarecenter style provider for ambiance Gtk theme: /usr/share/software-center/ui/gtk3/css/softwarecenter.css
2011-10-05 15:58:06,186 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - software-center-agent finished with status 0

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Title:
  Software Center cannot open external .deb file

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Double-clicking the latest version of Google's Chrome .deb file (x64)
  results in Software Center (eventually) loading and displaying the
  following:

  Internal Error
  The file "/home/.../google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb" could not be opened.

  The expected result was that the deb file would open and the option to
  install would be shown.

  Using 11.10 Beta 2:
  Description:	Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
  Release:	11.10
  software-center version 5.0

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: software-center 5.0
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct  5 09:54:04 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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