Hi! I can confirm the problem with gdebi-gtk, as already described by Norbert.
The patch is apparently a workaround since nobody has had the time to adapt gdebi. My refresh in the latest Ubuntu upload of vte2.91 was a minimum change to make it still apply after upstream had made changes. Maybe I did a mistake when doing so. Wonder if gdebi-gtk works on Debian (which does not have 91_keep_fds.patch. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gdebi in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1946499 Title: installation of deb-packages with gdebi-gtk shows "dpkg: error: unable to read filedescriptor flags for <package status and progress file descriptor>: Bad file descriptor" in gdebi terminal, package is not installed Status in Ubuntu MATE: Confirmed Status in gdebi package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-mate-meta package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in vte2.91 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1. Install Ubuntu MATE 21.10 2. Open Firefox, navigate to discord.com 3. Download deb-file. At time of writing from the https://dl.discordapp.net/apps/linux/0.0.16/discord-0.0.16.deb link 4. Open Caja in ~/Downloads folder and use GDebi to install the discord-0.0.16.deb file 5. In the GDebi window click Install button Expected results: * Gdebi quietly install discord package, there are no error messages in its terminal Actual results: * Gdebi terminal shows the error in the last line ``` Selecting previously unselected package gconf2-common. (Reading database ... 457178 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../0-gconf2-common_3.2.6-7ubuntu2_all.deb ... Unpacking gconf2-common (3.2.6-7ubuntu2) ... Selecting previously unselected package libgconf-2-4:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../1-libgconf-2-4_3.2.6-7ubuntu2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libgconf-2-4:amd64 (3.2.6-7ubuntu2) ... Selecting previously unselected package gconf-service-backend. Preparing to unpack .../2-gconf-service-backend_3.2.6-7ubuntu2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking gconf-service-backend (3.2.6-7ubuntu2) ... Selecting previously unselected package gconf-service. Preparing to unpack .../3-gconf-service_3.2.6-7ubuntu2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking gconf-service (3.2.6-7ubuntu2) ... Selecting previously unselected package libappindicator1. Preparing to unpack .../4-libappindicator1_12.10.1+20.10.20200706.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libappindicator1 (12.10.1+20.10.20200706.1-0ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package libunwind-13:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../5-libunwind-13_1%3a13.0.0-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libunwind-13:amd64 (1:13.0.0-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package libc++abi1-13:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../6-libc++abi1-13_1%3a13.0.0-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libc++abi1-13:amd64 (1:13.0.0-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package libc++1-13:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../7-libc++1-13_1%3a13.0.0-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libc++1-13:amd64 (1:13.0.0-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package libc++1:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../8-libc++1_1%3a13.0-53~exp1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libc++1:amd64 (1:13.0-53~exp1) ... Setting up libappindicator1 (12.10.1+20.10.20200706.1-0ubuntu1) ... Setting up gconf2-common (3.2.6-7ubuntu2) ... Creating config file /etc/gconf/2/path with new version Setting up libunwind-13:amd64 (1:13.0.0-2) ... Setting up libc++abi1-13:amd64 (1:13.0.0-2) ... Setting up libc++1-13:amd64 (1:13.0.0-2) ... Setting up libc++1:amd64 (1:13.0-53~exp1) ... Setting up gconf-service (3.2.6-7ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.34-0ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for sgml-base (1.30) ... Setting up libgconf-2-4:amd64 (3.2.6-7ubuntu2) ... Setting up gconf-service-backend (3.2.6-7ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.34-0ubuntu2) ... dpkg: error: unable to read filedescriptor flags for <package status and progress file descriptor>: Bad file descriptor ``` and as the result Discord package is not installed . ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10 Package: gdebi 0.9.5.7+nmu5ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-16.16-generic 5.13.13 Uname: Linux 5.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu70 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Fri Oct 8 18:17:36 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-08 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Daily amd64 (20211008) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gdebi UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.default.apport: # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it # you can temporarily override this with # sudo service apport start force_start=1 enabled=0 mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2021-10-08T15:41:41.001986 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1946499/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp