** Description changed:
- .deb files fail to install from non repository locations i.e. The file
- manager gnome-software claims "this file type is not supported".
+ Impact
+ ------
+ It is not possible to use the default Software app to install .debs for
packages that are not already available in Ubuntu.
+
+ Test Case
+ ---------
+ 1.
+ a. Download the .deb for a simple app for your version of Ubuntu directly
from Launchpad.
+ For 16.10, try
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-clocks/3.22.1-0ubuntu1/
+ Click amd64 then download the last .deb on that page.
+
+ b. Open the .deb with gnome-software:
+ gnome-software --local-filename=gnome-clocks_3.22.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
+
+ gnome-software should open to a page with an Install button for the
+ package.
+
+ This test case should already work.
+
+ 2.
+ a. Download a .deb that is not already in Ubuntu.
+ It is important that the package not be available in your local apt cache.
+ For this, I made sure that I was not using the GNOME3 Staging PPA. As of
today, the retro-gtk source is not accepted into Ubuntu 17.04.
+
+ So I downloaded
+ https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/ubuntu/gnome3-staging/+files
+ /libretro-gtk0_0.9.91-0ubuntu0~zesty1_amd64.deb
+
+ b. Open the .deb with gnome-software
+ gnome-software --local-filename=libretro-gtk0_0.9.91-0ubuntu0~zesty1_amd64.deb
+
+ Alternatively, this test case should also work with one of these:
+ https://www.google.com/chrome/
+ https://itch.io/app
+
+ I only suggested using the retro-gtk package because I know it's not
+ because the package isn't packaged correctly.
+
+ gnome-software should open to a page with an Install button for the
+ package.
+
+ What Happens
+ ------------
+ The second test fails. On Ubuntu 17.04, I get a popup
+ "Sorry this did not work The file is not supported"
+
+ On Ubuntu 16.10, I get "Sorry this did not work No file_to_app results
+ to show"
+
+
+ Regression Potential
+ --------------------
+
+ Original Bug Report
+ -------------------
+ .deb files fail to install from non repository locations i.e. The file
manager gnome-software claims "this file type is not supported".
Using dpkg from the command line works as expected so the files aren't
corrupt. This happened last distribution as well when it was first
released. Might be a regression caused by adding snap package
capabilities to the software-center?
+
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: gnome-software 3.22.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-13.15-generic 4.10.1
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
Date: Mon Mar 13 10:02:00 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-20 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
ProcEnviron:
- LANGUAGE=en_US
- PATH=(custom, no user)
- XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
- LANG=en_US.UTF-8
- SHELL=/bin/bash
+ LANGUAGE=en_US
+ PATH=(custom, no user)
+ XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+ LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+ SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-software
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-02-28 (12 days ago)
** Also affects: gnome-software (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: gnome-software (Ubuntu Yakkety)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu Yakkety)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu Yakkety)
Status: New => Confirmed
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