Public bug reported: Binary package hint: software-center
I ran the following command as suggested on http://www.playonlinux.com/en/download.html: sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_lucid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list This created a file which was not readable: $ ls -l /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list -rw-r----- 1 root root 43 May 1 09:42 playonlinux.list As a result the "Ubuntu Software Center" was entirely broken and it told me I had 0 packages installed. It should be able to deal with this or give me a reasonable error message. This caused me needless amounts of frustration. When I finally launched synpatic from the command line it was clear what was going on: E: Opening /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list - ifstream::ifstream (13: Permission denied) E: The list of sources could not be read. Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. ** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Ubuntu Software Center fails and swallows error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/602152 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
