[lubuntu-devel] Bug report 2129041: Qterminal package claims to provide xterm but does not actually do it

[Fritz Hudnut]

On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> >
> >     Today's Topics:
> >
> >         1. Re:  Bug report 2129041: Qterminal package claims to provide
> >            xterm but does not actually do it (Aaron Rainbolt)
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >     Message: 1
> >     Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 00:26:15 -0500
> >     From: Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3 at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:arraybolt3 at gmail.com>>
> >     To: Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com
> >>
> >     Cc: lubuntu-devel <lubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:lubuntu-
> >     devel at lists.ubuntu.com>>
> >     Subject: Re: [lubuntu-devel] Bug report 2129041: Qterminal package
> >              claims to provide xterm but does not actually do it
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> >     On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >      >
> >      > Hi Aaron,
> >      >
> >      > The implementation of qterminal in the Lubuntu versions 25.10 and
> >      > Resolute seems to create problems with my mkusb.
> >      >
> >      > 1. Is it correct that the qterminal package claims to provide
> >     xterm but
> >      > does not actually do it?
> >
> >     Uh, no, that does not seem correct to me. I'm guessing that was added
> >     in an attempt to work around some variant of
> >     https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1113744 <https://
> >     bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1113744>, but that
> >     bug has reared its head again and is now installing Alacritty on the
> >     Lubuntu ISO anyway, so there's not much point in keeping the xterm
> >     provides here. xterm would probably be better to have installed
> >     "incorrectly" than Alacritty.
> >
> >      > 2. Or is there actually an xterm hidden somewhere? In that case
> >     how can
> >      > it be activated?
> >
> >     Not to my awareness, no.
> >
> >      > 3. As you can see in the bug report and the thread at Discourse
> >      >
> >      > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qterminal/+bug/2129041
> >     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qterminal/+bug/2129041>
> >      >
> >      > https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/how-to-make-lubuntu-install-xterm-
> >     when-listed-as-depends/70135 <https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/how-to-
> >     make-lubuntu-install-xterm-when-listed-as-depends/70135>
> >      >
> >      > 3.1 there is a discussion involving a few people about qterminal's
> >      > policy about xterm,
> >
> >     Yeah, I think that should be undone. I can probably do that in a few
> >     hours (it's past midnight here so I'll want to work on this in the
> >     morning).
> >
> >      > 3.2 I have modified mkusb to cope with the situation by telling
> >     the user
> >      > that it wants xterm to be installed (when needed). I think this
> >     can be
> >      > good enough for the short-life version 25.10, but please help us
> >     fix a
> >      > better solution for 26.04 LTS.
> >
> >     Will do. Thank you for letting us know, I didn't know this was
> >     happening until I got this email and saw the Discourse thread.
> >
> >     --
> >     Aaron
> >
> >      > Best regards
> >      > Olle alias Nio alias sudodus
> >      >
> >      > ps/
> >      > Can you help prolong my membership in Lubuntu Members? I intend
> to be
> >      > active during the developing phase of Resolute, at least as an
> >     iso tester.
> >      > /ds
> >
> >
> > Gents:
> >
> > I have mkusb/dus installed on my 25.10 version of Lubuntu . . . not
> > having time to read through the bug reports . . . but I just launched
> > mkusb, which went to dus . . . opening an "X" rated terminal
> > window . . . worked through the GUI up until selecting the
> > action . . . .  Seemed to be in working order??
> >
> > I got to 25.10 by editing sources . . . possibly not removing the mkusb
> > item from the repo???
> >
> > Stuff to do this morning, but happy to check under the hood sometime
> > coming up . . . days . . .
> >
> > F
> >
>
> Hi Fritz,
>
> Your way to get 25.10 made mkusb and xterm stay as installed programs,
> so you are not affected by the bug 2129041. Good for you :-)
>
> An easy way to check for the bug is to make a live (or persistent live)
> Lubuntu 25.10 system in a USB drive, install mkusb from
> ppa:mkusb/unstable and try to start mkusb from the Lubuntu menu.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>

OK, well, I would have to use mkusb to create the flash drive, to then
introduce the bug??  : - )

Running questing at the moment and in running apt I see . . .

[code] Upgrading:
  bind9-dnsutils  distro-info-data  lintian         mkusb-common
 usb-pack-efi
  bind9-host      dus               linux-firmware  mkusb-nox

  bind9-libs      guidus            mkusb           mkusb-plug  [/code]

Must be moving on right now . . . I'm late for a very important date . . . .

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