https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451642
Bug ID: 451642
Summary: discover recommends running dkpg but not how
Product: Discover
Version: 5.24.3
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: discover
Assignee: lei...@leinir.dk
Reporter: testing1237...@yahoo.com
CC: aleix...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 147575
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dpkg error
SUMMARY
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yesterday after updating, the laptop was restarting and because of battery
issues, the system got shut down in the middle of installing updates.
next time when i did start it, there was an update but discover got the error
asking me to do "dpkg --configure a" but did not tell me how or what.
for a new user, this is really confusing.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. update system
2. restart after updating
3. do not let the system finish installing updates during boot
4. start system again and try to update
OBSERVED RESULT
the update message is ambigious and not helpful. the "copy to clipboard" copies
the entire message instead of "dpkg --configure a" and also, nowhere the
message tells me to open terminal and paste the same using sudo
EXPECTED RESULT
when this dpkg error shows up, the user should be informed that dpkg command
must be posted in a terminal using sudo privileges. conversely, the software
could ask the user if it could try to fix the system by running it
automatically. then discover could run dpkg automatically and redo the update
and check if it fixes stuff..
so 2 ideas.
1. inform the users to press the "copy command" and paste the same in
terminal, maybe open the terminal too
2. do the dpkg command by itself and just ask the user to input sudo password.
this is more intuitive and less confusing.
Operating System: KDE neon 5.24
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.13.0-35-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-4600U CPU @ 2.10GHz
Memory: 7.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa DRI Intel® HD Graphics 4400
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