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  1. Bug #868188
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 868188

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Miguel Fernandez (mfernandezmx) wrote : Re: Software Center cannot open external .deb file google-chrome-stable

I have had this issue also.
I'm usning amd64 version.

Just today I was testing the daily build and I noted that I can install from the live session but not after installing to HDD. I have a separate / and /home partitions as logicals inside an extended partition.

I tried reinstalling and unchecking the 'encrypt home directory' option and now i can install chrome, opera and other debs.

I reinstalled and checked the 'encrypt home directory' option and again i get the 'Internal error. the file ***.deb could tot be opened.

It's not so much an Ubuntu software center issue because it also happens with gdebi. I have tried 'gksu gdebi-gtk' and the issue is still the same.
It seems that the issue is quite popular and i think bug reports 858246 854164 869685 868188 are duplicated of the same.

So, short version:
It happens on amd64 and
with thome directory encrypted.

Can you confirm this???