I just tried to reproduce this and it works for me with the mentioned
package and test-case.
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/900371
Title:
Incorrect parsing in Software Center's "already installed" dialog
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Greetings,
Dash opened and recommended the package Mathomatic, so I opened this
in Software Center. There is an add-on below, which I checked to
download as well. I then installed the main package.
The window did not appear to have installed the add-on, so I clicked
"Apply Changes" to install the add-on. A warning popped up saying
that the package is already installed. No problem, but the "details"
in the dialog were botched.
Package is already installed
There isn't any need for an installation
\/ Details
Package [dbus.String(u'rlwrap')] is already installed
I certainly wasn't trying to install that package name :-P.
Searched software center with a few keywords and did not find a
duplicate.
lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
apt-cache policy software-center:
Installed: 5.0.2ubuntu0.1
Candidate: 5.0.2ubuntu0.1
Version table:
*** 5.0.2ubuntu0.1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64
Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
5.0.1.4 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
Not a big deal, but should be a quick fix, too. I tried to narrow
down the bug location a bit, but got stuck. I apt-got the source for
software-center and grep'd for the phrase "is already installed", but
it did not reveal an obvious location. Perhaps this is a great
opportunity for me to dig deeper and learn more about debugging
software so I can contribute. If anyone has any pointers on how I
would have approached this bug, I'd love to communicate with you.
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