Ubuntu
gdebi package

Crash on opening a .deb file

Bug #79190 reported by Caspar Adriani
36
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdebi (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Michael Vogt

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdebi

On opening deb files gdebi crashes on startup.

steps to reproduce:
double click on a deb file.

maybe the python change causes this problem?

Tags: feisty
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Caspar Adriani (thecas) wrote :
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Johan Van Hellemont (johan-van-hellemont) wrote :

confirmed on a up-to-date Herd 2.
This the output when I start gdebi from the terminal

johan@T42:~$ sudo gdebi
Password:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gdebi", line 10, in <module>
    from GDebi.GDebiCli import GDebiCli
ImportError: No module named GDebi.GDebiCli

When I start gdebi from Applications>System Tools it crashed.

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Antons Rebguns (arebgun) wrote :

Same here, tried to install a new deb and gdebi crashed.

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Paulus (donmatteo) wrote :

Same here, given crash report attached.

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plun (plun) wrote :

Same here.

Gnomes Update manager and Beryls settings also crashes.

Python 2.5 is also discussed in Beryls forum and latest SVN
is changed beacuse of this, with Feisty no luck...

ville palo (vi64pa)
Changed in gdebi:
importance: Undecided → High
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Thanks for your bugreport.

This problem should be fixed with the upload of gdebi_0.2ubuntu2.dsc. Please let me know if that fixes the issue for you.

Cheers,
 Michael

Changed in gdebi:
assignee: nobody → mvo
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Johan Van Hellemont (johan-van-hellemont) wrote :

Fixed for me.

Thanks

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plun (plun) wrote :

Yup... fixed ;)

Thanks !

Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in gdebi:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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bratliff (robert-ratliff) wrote :

sorry please explain what this means.

This problem should be fixed with the upload of gdebi_0.2ubuntu2.dsc. Please let me know if that fixes the issue for you.

ratliff

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Caspar Adriani (thecas) wrote :

Michael Vogt:
Also works fine again here

bratliff :
It means there is a new version released

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JPSanchez (pediatracancun) wrote :

When I tried to reinstall a program Gdebi crashed. I did a complete uninstall of such program, Tried to install it again and gdebi crashed.
I opened a terminal, and did sudo gdebi-gtk, selected the same file and then it installed without a problem.

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