Public bug reported: I noticed this after installing Lightscribe on Ubuntu 11.10.
Synaptic displays "The list of installed files is only available for installed packages" instead of the file list. The package is indeed installed and I have used it. To reproduce do the following: cd /tmp wget http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.18.24.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb wget http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribeApplications-1.18.15.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb sudo apt-get install ia32-libs sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture lightscribe* sudo ln -s /usr/lib/liblightscribe.so.1 /usr/lib32/ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/liblightscribe.so /usr/lib32/ sudo ldconfig #run the package /opt/lightscribeApplications/SimpleLabeler/SimpleLabeler Now check synaptic and search for lightscribe then right click on the package and choose "properties" and click on the "installed files" tab and you will see "The list of installed files is only available for installed packages". ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: synaptic 0.75.2ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Dec 15 09:56:05 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011) SourcePackage: synaptic UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug apport-lpi oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/904853 Title: Does not display the file list for packages installed with --force- acrchitecture To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/904853/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs