Hello frenchy82, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-software into jammy-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-
software/41.5-2ubuntu2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been
performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-
jammy to verification-done-jammy. If it does not fix the bug for you,
please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-
failed-jammy. In either case, without details of your testing we will
not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s)
fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in
-proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu Jammy)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-jammy

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1969303

Title:
  "No package to remove" error when attempting to uninstall

Status in GNOME Software:
  Fix Released
Status in snap-store-desktop:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-software source package in Jammy:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * The Ubuntu repository version of gnome-software in 22.04 does not
     allow a user to uninstall an application.
     For new users this could be be construed as disconcerting
     allowing only installing apps without the ability to
     remove those apps later if required.
     
     This SRU is applicable only to the gnome-software application
     installed from the repository and not the branded 
     ubuntu-store snap that is the default in Ubuntu (but not in 
     flavours such as Ubuntu Budgie)
     
     This fix for gnome-software has been backported from the
     v41 version of ubuntu's snap-store.
     
     The fixed software now checks for the status of a deb package
     installed - either manually installed or automatically as
     part of a distro install.  Previously this check was not done
     and gnome-software defaulted to not allowing the package to
     be uninstalled.
     The new status check allows gnome-software to evaluate that
     the package can be uninstalled.

  [Test Plan]

   * Choose a package from the installed list in gnome-software.
     Click the trash icon.  Note the error message that the package
     cannot be removed.
   * install gnome-software from the proposed repository. Logout and
     login.
     Repeat the trash icon click step above.  This time the package
     can be removed.  Confirm via either your distro menu or searching in
     GNOME Overview (if you are using gnome-software from the repository) that 
the
     application has been successfully removed.

   * Perform additional testing such as installing applications from the 
repository
     (change the source to "Ubuntu (deb)") and then deleting the application.
     
   * Perform additional testing such as installing applications from the snap
     repository (change the source to "Snap") and then deleting the application.

  [Where problems could occur]

   * The code changed is specific to 'packagekit' repos i.e. debian based repos.
     Thus it is sensitive to possible regressions when installing & removing 
apps.
     
   * The patch itself is well tested since it was backported to the ubuntu 
snap-store
     several weeks ago and has been rolled out.  No adverse issues has been 
reported.
     
   * The risk would be that there could be additional changes to the snap-store
     that was not incorporated in gnome-software possibly producing different
     results.
     
   * The additional regression tests in the Test Plan will reveal this.

  
  [Other Info]
   
   * There is no need to backport this to Kinetic since a revised version
     of the patch has been upstreamed (GNOME Team) and is in the kinetic 
version.
    

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  On a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04, ubuntu-store won't uninstall any 
application

  If you want to uninstall a software, there is an error message : "no
  package to remove"

  No problem to uninstall this same software with synaptic for example

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