Public bug reported:
I just did this:-
Open Applications Lens
Search for app which I may or may not have installed (liferea)
Click the link to install it
Ubuntu software center opens, I click "install".
Due to a configuration issue on my network* (see below) USC complains that the
package is untrusted. Dialog says "Ok" or "repair", I just choose "Ok" (like
many users would).
Icon for liferea appears in launcher
icon doesn't work.
Further investigation reveals that USC didn't actually install liferea
at all due to the network issue, but still installed it.
Now I appreciate that I have a broken network, but it seems incorrect
that USC should add the icon to the launcher and leave it there even
though the app didn't install and can't install. So I end up with a
broken icon, thinking the install worked but the app is broken.
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Explanation of issue which caused this.
I use squid-deb-proxy and squid-deb-proxy-client at home to cache downloads.
Whilst away from home I switched my sources.list to a different mirror which
isn't listed in my squid-deb-proxy config
When I got home I didnt switch my sources.list back and as the new mirror isn't
listed I get 403 errors whenever updating or installing apps. So USC got a 403
when doing the "apt-get install liferea" (or whatever it did under the covers)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.2
Uname: Linux 3.3.0-030300rc5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Apr 16 10:22:59 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120203)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise
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USC adds icon to launcher for apps that didn't install
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