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I upgraded a laptop from LL 3.8 to LL 4.2 via a clean install of LL 4.2 two days ago. I think I've counted about three .deb files I needed to install post LL 4.2 upgrade. When I click on the .deb file, gdebi opens, and I click on Install. The window disappears, and nothing happens. I resort to installing the software using the command line with the "sudo dpkg -i" approach. That does work.
I have used the reinstallation option in Install/Remove Software on the gdebi package to no avail. Any suggestions?
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01-01-2019, 02:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-01-2019, 02:42 PM by trinidad.)
run: sudo gdebi yourfilename.deb and see what errors if any the terminal throws. It's more than likely a GTK problem.
May be related to this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sourc...ug/1760910
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[member=5916]trinidad[/member] ,
Thank you. That link helped. I had to make the following change to my gdebi.desktop file using the following:
I opened the file using the following command:
Code:
gksudo leafpad /usr/share/applications/gdebi.desktop
And I made the following change:
Change the following line:
Exec=gdebi-gtk %f
To this:
Exec=gksudo gdebi-gtk %f
I tested it on my google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb file. Google Chrome was already installed, so I ran a Reinstallation, and things were better. I saw things install instead of the window disappearing and nothing happening as before.
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