** Summary changed: - Software Center needs to be able to fix Broken Packages + Can't fix broken packages from within USC
** Description changed: - ***PLEASE NOTE THE BELOW PARAGRAPH*** + *** DO NOT USE THIS BUG REPORT AS A SUPPORT FORUM. *** + Please use http://ubuntuforums.org/ for any problems you need assistance with. You will receive little to no help here as this is a bug tracker, and NOT a support forum. - Please, DO NOT USE THIS BUG REPORT AS A SUPPORT FORUM. Please use - www.ubuntuforums.org for any problems that you may need assistance with. - Instead, please mark this bug as affecting you at the top of the screen. - You will receive little to no help here as this is a bug tracker, and - NOT a support forum. + When broken dependencies or packages are encountered in Ubuntu Software + Center, it says: "The installation could have failed because of an error + in the corresponding software package or it was canceled in an + unfriendly way. You have to repair this before you can install or remove + any further software" - Binary package hint: software-center - - When broken dependencies or packages are encountered in the Software - Center, Lucid says: - - "The installation could have failed because of an error in the - corresponding software package or it was canceled in an unfriendly way. - You have to repair this before you can install or remove any further - software" - - The Software Center needs to be able to fix these problems for a user! - Either automagically or through a popup notification saying something - along the lines of: - - "The installation could have failed because of an error in the - corresponding software package or it was cancelled in an unfriendly way. - You have to repair this before you can install or remove any further - software. Would you like the software center to repair your packages? - <yes> <no>". - - A GTK dialog that would invoke 'sudo apt-get -f install', 'sudo dpkg - --configure -a', or similar would fix this nasty problem for many users - that wouldn't understand what is going on. + USC should be able to fix these problems, either automatically or + interactively, performing the equivalent of 'sudo apt-get -f install', + 'sudo dpkg --configure -a'. ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Milestone: None => later ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) -- Can't fix broken packages from within USC https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442262 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
