Public bug reported: Binary package hint: software-center
I tried to download and install dropbox .deb with software-center. It gave me strange error message. sudo dpkg -i aaa.deb worked. Same was the case with skype. I think this is a bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: software-center 3.1.25 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Apr 3 00:17:00 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-02 (0 days ago) ** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748882 Title: software-center does not install .deb but sudo dpkg -i does -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs