[Bug 853681] [NEW] software center doesn't recognize package is loaded

[Ilan Tal]

Public bug reported:

I was trying to load software for a Brother printer. The software center told me the software wasn't of good quality. I looked at the problem and it didn't have capital letters or something similar. The software had been translated from rpm to deb and apparently the translation was lacking. Since I needed to use the printer, I ignored the warning. After the progress bar showed it was finished, I am used to seeing the button change to "Remove" but it was still at "Install". I could install it as often as I pleased and it wouldn't change to "Remove" (probably because it wasn't up to the accepted standards). I used dpkg -l | grep Brother to verify that the software was indeed installed. Just you need to fix the button so it knows the substandard software was installed (if I choose to ignore the warning).
The link to the software is http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1346570, use the welcome.solutions.brother link. Ignore the bit about the directory not being created, as that has already been fixed.
Thanks,
Ilan

** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  software center doesn't recognize package is loaded

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

Bug description:
  I was trying to load software for a Brother printer. The software center told me the software wasn't of good quality. I looked at the problem and it didn't have capital letters or something similar. The software had been translated from rpm to deb and apparently the translation was lacking. Since I needed to use the printer, I ignored the warning. After the progress bar showed it was finished, I am used to seeing the button change to "Remove" but it was still at "Install". I could install it as often as I pleased and it wouldn't change to "Remove" (probably because it wasn't up to the accepted standards). I used dpkg -l | grep Brother to verify that the software was indeed installed. Just you need to fix the button so it knows the substandard software was installed (if I choose to ignore the warning).
  The link to the software is http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1346570, use the welcome.solutions.brother link. Ignore the bit about the directory not being created, as that has already been fixed.
  Thanks,
  Ilan

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