[Bug 1306235] Re: gdebi fails to install dependencies on Lubuntu 14.04

[Doug McMahon]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1309387 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1309387

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1309387
   Gdebi not installing required dependencies

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Title:
  gdebi fails to install dependencies on Lubuntu 14.04

Status in “gdebi” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I created a Debian package which is just a list of dependencies for
  using a software application I created that runs on Ubuntu Linux (all
  variants).  The application itself is installed using icedtea (Java
  Web-Start).  The dependencies package makes sure everything is in-
  place so that Java Web-Start can install the (Java) application.

  On prior levels of Lubuntu, this worked.  But on Lubuntu 14.04 (the
  beta release), it fails to install the dependencies.

  The symptoms are, that it starts installing the package, and correctly
  reports the dependencies.  When the user indicates to go ahead and
  install, fairly quickly, it reports an error, saying that the
  dependencies could not be installed, and that the user needs to enter
  "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal session.  When that is done,
  the dependencies get installed.

  In further testing it, it appears that if gdebi is run from with a
  terminal session, it actually works, and properly installs the
  dependencies.

  However, if I right-click on the package file, requesting that it be
  opened with gdebi, it fails as described above.

  On other Ubuntu variants, I open the package with the Software Center
  application, which does the installation.  But on Lubuntu, the Lubuntu
  Software Center does not perform this function, and my only option is
  to use gdebi to install it.

  I could document a list of packages for the user to manually install
  (which I formerly did), but installating a single package with a list
  of dependencies is much easier for the user.

  I tried to report this on the actual Lubuntu 14.04 system, but apport
  doesn't appear to be working on that system.

  So here is the summary:

  gdebi in installing a package (that is just a list of dependencies)
  fails to install the dependencies.

  I expected it to install the dependencies (as it did in Lubuntu levels
  prior to 14.04).

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