gdebi-gtk crashed with DebError in compressed_part_name()

Same error on 32-bit arch when trying to install the development build of Google Chrome.

Same error for me, on a 32-bits arch and, just like CydeSwype, with the GoogleChrome deb installer.

Same error when i tried to install Google Chrome from google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb

same error when I was trying to install the deb package I compiled.
it crashes before the install button shows up.

i386 arch
karmic alpha4

Same error on 32-bit arch when trying to install the development build of Google Chrome.

same with ubuntu alpha 4 with all updates applied installing Google Chrome

Same for me with Google Chrome downloaded from http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstable_i386_deb

I've found the problem with the packages that fail to install. Both Wine and Chrome debs contain a "data.tar.lzma", but GDebi only checks for gz and bz2 file extensions. I don't know anything about deb packages, so maybe the packages don't conform to the specification, but GDebi should be able to open these packages anyway.

How to fix:

In the file
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/debian_bundle/debfile.py

change on line 29
PART_EXTS = ['gz', 'bz2'] # possible extensions
to
PART_EXTS = ['gz', 'bz2', 'lzma'] # possible extensions

Error confirmed on Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit, fully patched as of 10:30 pm EST

Tried to install Google Chrome and Gdebi immediately failed.

My computer is a Dell Inspiron 1525 with an Intel Core2Duo processor and 4 GB of RAM.

The issue only appears to affect gdebi-gtk. The CLI install works fine, e.g.

me@my-laptop:~$ cd Downloads/
me@my-laptop:~/Downloads$ sudo gdebi google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb

Chrome installs successfully.

Thanks!

2009/8/28 Stephen Hall <email address hidden>

> The issue only appears to affect gdebi-gtk. The CLI install works fine,
> e.g.
>
> me@my-laptop:~$ cd Downloads/
> me@my-laptop:~/Downloads$ sudo gdebi
> google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb
>
> Chrome installs successfully.
>
> --
> gdebi-gtk crashed with DebError in compressed_part_name()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407198
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “gdebi” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gdebi
>
> Using 64 bit Karmic, downloaded the wine package and when gdebi opened then
> crashed
>
> ProblemType: Crash
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Thu Jul 30 22:24:28 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gdebi-gtk
> InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
> Package: gdebi 0.5.2
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gdebi-gtk
> /tmp/wine1.2_1.1.26-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-4.23-generic
> PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gdebi-gtk',
> '/tmp/wine1.2_1.1.26-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb']
> SourcePackage: gdebi
> Title: gdebi-gtk crashed with DebError in compressed_part_name()
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic x86_64
> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
>

This bug was fixed in the package python-debian - 0.1.14ubuntu1

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python-debian (0.1.14ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * Add .lzma as a possible extenstion for data.tar (LP: #407198)
    Note that this does not mean that reading from the .lzma part
    is supported. This is blocked on http://bugs.python.org/issue5689

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:08:07 +0200

This bug was fixed in the package gdebi - 0.5.5

---------------
gdebi (0.5.5) karmic; urgency=low

  * GDebi/GDebi.py:
    - do not crash if the filelist can not be read (LP: #407198)
    - avoid busy loop
  * gdebi-gtk:
    - add --auto-close commandline option

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:07:05 +0200

Michael, did you get this patch in to Debian's python-debian? I can commit
it there if you like?

Thanks,

James