Re: [Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

:-O! It only took eight years, but we did it folks! Hooray! R On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > This is finally "fixed" in Ubuntu 18.04 Alpha by having gnome-user-share > depend on the packages it needs. The depends are not a fully functional > Apache

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

This is finally "fixed" in Ubuntu 18.04 Alpha by having gnome-user-share depend on the packages it needs. The depends are not a fully functional Apache install but just an Apache binary and a WebDav server. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-user-share - 3.18.3-2 --- gnome-user-share (3.18.3-2) unstable; urgency=medium * Fully drop Bluetooth from packaging, obsolete since 3.18.0. * Bump Standards-Version to 4.1.0 -- Jeremy Bicha Sun, 03 Sep 2017 10:28:16

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Project changed: gnome-tweak-tool => gnome-tweak-tool (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: gnome-tweak-tool (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: gnome-tweak-tool (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu.

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Project changed: gnome-user-share => gnome-tweak-tool -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

wow lol wtf since 2010 no fix isn't Ubuntu suposed to be user friendly? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

In ubuntu 16.04 the required packages are: apache2 apache2-bin libapache2-mod-dnssd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

ubuntu 16.04 same problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Tags removed: rls-x-incoming -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Tags removed: rls-w-incoming ** Tags added: rls-x-incoming -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Tags added: rls-w-incoming -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

any updates on this for trusty? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Description changed: Binary package hint: nautilus What happens - I open the Personal file sharing preferences dialog via system-preferences or via nautilus, and Im told that the network sharing feature can not be enabled because the required packages are not on your pc. I, as a

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Description changed: Binary package hint: nautilus What happens - I open the Personal file sharing preferences dialog via system-preferences or via nautilus, and Im told that the network sharing feature can not be enabled because the required packages are not on your pc. I, as a

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

This is a rather old bug, but I have been tasked to look into this for 13.10. This bug has mixed in a couple of issues over time. Here is what I believe is the current state and what this bug should really be about. - The bug title references only Personal File Sharing Preferences, but

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

And the problem still exist in 12.10 . Same features should work out of the box and this is one of them , it is obvious that Ubuntu doing it wrong here. Sharing is so mixed and complicated in ubuntu we have shares-admin from the terminal we have personal sharing - gnome-user-share that

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I just came around this problem. It still is a problem in 12.04. And I still do not understand why I have to install apache2 if I only want to receive some files via bluetooth from my smart phone. I'm on a campus network with my laptopm sometimes and it really frightens me to have an http server

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** No longer affects: hundredpapercuts ** No longer affects: gnome-user-share ** Also affects: gnome-user-share Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu.

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Changed in: gnome-user-share (Ubuntu) Importance: Low = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I'm also experiencing this immature feature in 12.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Changed in: gnome-user-share (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Triaged ** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: Triaged = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu.

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I installed Ubuntu 12.04 yesterday, because I tried Samba on Ubuntu 11.10 two days ago and everything went bad and my machine became unusable. I am very wary of (trying to use) Samba. I only want to share files between Linux machines. Yes I am trying to work out how to fix the problem of not

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

The Sharing Options in Nautilus just install Samba, please add Apache2 to that installation. Is really annoying not know what package install. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu.

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** No longer affects: ayatana-design ** No longer affects: unity (Ubuntu) ** Project changed: unity = null -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title:

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

mpt; this issue still affects ayatana-design, re-adding to bug ** Project changed: null = ayatana-design ** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: Invalid = Triaged ** Changed in: ayatana-design Assignee: Ted Gould (ted) = John Lea (johnlea) -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

Just because its not a unity issue does not invalidate it as being a gnome-user-share issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

Thanks a lot for reporting this, however since the average user is more likely to be using Ubuntu One to share files and folders, rather than Nautilus' built-in features, this unfortunately does not count as a paper cut. ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: New = Invalid -- You

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

the issue described in the title is not an unity one, if you have unity issues which have to do with that bug better to open a new ticket ** Changed in: unity Status: New = Invalid ** Changed in: gnome-user-share Status: New = Invalid ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status:

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Also affects: unity Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: unity Assignee: (unassigned) = Ted Gould (ted) ** Changed in: unity Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: ayatana-design

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: Fix Committed = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Tags added: udp ** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

Reproduced issue with Oneiric, so re-set as Confirmed ** Changed in: gnome-user-share (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu.

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

To me this is still a problem in 11.10 beta2. As in #27 for 11.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I have this problem in 11.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed

Re: [Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 22 May 2011, at 19:07, Josh Leverette 536...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: this is still a bug in Natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts.

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

Setting as invalid, the menu doesn't seem there in Oneiric. @Eric: can you confirm you still see it in oneiric with a default install? ** Changed in: gnome-user-share (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

It appears this issue is resolved. But then why did I just upgrade to 11.04 and am unable to Share Files over the Network because ... the required packages are not installed ... . And there's no option to install them. Isn't that what this thread was discussing? If not, my apologies and - Where

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released ** Tags added: desktop-oneiric-ux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title:

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Description changed: Binary package hint: nautilus What happens - I open the Personal file sharing preferences dialog via system-preferences or via nautilus, and Im told that the network sharing feature can not be enabled because the required packages are not on your pc. I, as a

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

this is still a bug in Natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

Confirm on Oneiric too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

** Changed in: gnome-user-share (Ubuntu) Assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) = (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

sharing through network is working? I've the option disabled... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

In order to be able to receive files through Bluetooth, this package (Personal File Sharing) is required. It is seemingly installed in 10.04 (and probably all releases before it), no idea why it is not the case with 10.10. It simply does not make any sense! -- You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I've already installed apache2 libapache2-mod-dnssd in 10.10, and there is no Personal File Sharing under System-Preferences, seems the workaround for 10.04 doesn't work in 10.10. Anyone resolved this problem? AFAIK, gnome-user-share is not installed in 10.10 by default. You can install

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I've already installed apache2 libapache2-mod-dnssd in 10.10, and there is no Personal File Sharing under System-Preferences, seems the workaround for 10.04 doesn't work in 10.10. Anyone resolved this problem? -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

still exists in 10.10 also in 10.10 i have to install bluez and gnome-bluetooth to make even bluetooth start. -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

still getting that messege. Also i found http://macpablodesigns.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/enable-personal-file-sharing-in-ubuntu-10-04/ so i installed apache2 libapache2-mod-dnssd didnt help. even after restart. -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I had spent hours trying to re-establish my network to XP after upgrading 8.04 to 10.04, but with increasing frustration. Luckily I found macpablosramblings who explains the prob the fix. Even now, the network is only working partially ---XP HOme to Ubuntu only. As a Ubuntu user, not a techie,

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I have installed all necessary dependencies in the above posts. But still not able to share. The network location shows but nothing is in it although i have assigned permissions to the folders I want to share. -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I have some questions for the developer of gnome-share. So are we not going to be using Samba in the future to share files? If so will the method using Apache to share files still be able to share with windows systems? Is the method using Apache as advanced as the Samba project or are we

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

Baptiste Mille-Mathias: I did not mix up things. I wrote here because I am affected by the same error that José Luis Ricón reported. This error persists up to now (2010-05-18). Consider the other remark which I made as an supplement. -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

Also encountering the problem. It telling you the packages are not installed is completely useless. It should tell you what to install or offer to do so. ** Also affects: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

This is already on my list of things to do. There's no need to add a papercut task for this bug ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: New = Invalid -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 You received

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I just came across this issue and it really is very frustrating. A preference should not be available if the feature isn't even installed. If you go to software center and search Personal File sharing, it will you everything is installed which is even worse since then the end user is really

Re: [Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Detlef Lechner detlef.lech...@gmx.net wrote: I do not think that it is a good idea to require to install the 2 large packages apache2.2-bin and lib-apche2-mod-dnssd just to make Share Files over the Network possible. Detlef, could you avoid mixing problem on

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

It is bad program usabilty to provide a menu option by default and tell users that This feature cannot be enabled because the required packages are not installed on your system. Rather, the Ubuntu maintainers should make sure that Ubuntu provides the required packages by default. -- Personal

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

s/provides/installs/ -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in ubuntu. --

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I do not think that it is a good idea to require to install the 2 large packages apache2.2-bin and lib-apche2-mod-dnssd just to make Share Files over the Network possible. -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

... and the package needed to install is what? I'm old time linux user, but new to ubuntu/debian style distros. I did a cursory search of synaptic for personal file sharing, and came up with nothing. -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

For the record, installing apache2 fixed this. ... and also for the record, once installed, everything works as expect *and* there's nice UI options for sharing from the file manager (nautilus). Great! -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

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[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

Thank you for your bug report. This was on my radar already when i changed gnome-user-share to make it cope without having apache, but I just haven't gotten round to it yet. ** Package changed: nautilus (Ubuntu) = gnome-user-share (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gnome-user-share (Ubuntu) Importance:

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

@Chris Coulson You know I filed #525172 almost 3 weeks ago right? Not sure why this bug gets noticed now and the original marked as a duplicate. -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 You received this bug

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

That's just the way it happens sometimes, I'm not sure why that's a problem for you. And there's no need to post what is basically the same comment to both bugs. -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 You

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

I set the other bug as duplicated and not this one because Chris has commented on this one. This not really a problem as at the end the result 'll be the same. -- Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 You