Running this, from post above, don't crashes software center: $ LANGUAGE=hu software-center $(pwd)/oracle-java7-installer_7u3-0~eugenesan~precise4_all.deb
The output: $ LANGUAGE=hu software-center $(pwd)/oracle-java7-installer_7u3-0~eugenesan~precise4_all.deb Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar" 2012-09-08 01:32:35,085 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - setting up proxy 'None' 2012-09-08 01:32:35,094 - softwarecenter.db.database - INFO - open() database: path=None use_axi=True use_agent=True (software-center:28975): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:34:20: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center:28975): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:34:22: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center:28975): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:56:20: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center:28975): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:56:22: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center:28975): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:60:20: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center:28975): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:60:22: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. 2012-09-08 01:32:35,141 - softwarecenter.region - WARNING - failed to use geoclue: 'org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Error.notAvailable: Geoclue master client has no usable Address providers' 2012-09-08 01:32:35,556 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file 2012-09-08 01:32:35,566 - softwarecenter.fixme - WARNING - logs to the root logger: '('/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/importer.py', 51, 'find_module')' 2012-09-08 01:32:35,565 - root - ERROR - Could not find any typelib for LaunchpadIntegration 2012-09-08 01:32:35,712 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - show_available_packages: search_text is '', app is [Application: appname= pkgname=oracle-java7-installer]. 2012-09-08 01:32:35,713 - softwarecenter.db.pkginfo_impl.aptcache - INFO - aptcache.open() 2012-09-08 01:32:42,959 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - software-center-agent finished with status 0 2012-09-08 01:32:42,959 - softwarecenter.db.database - INFO - reopen() database 2012-09-08 01:32:42,959 - softwarecenter.db.database - INFO - open() database: path=None use_axi=True use_agent=True 2012-09-08 01:32:43,969 - softwarecenter.db.pkginfo_impl.aptcache - ERROR - simulate failed None 2012-09-08 01:32:44,031 - softwarecenter.db.application - WARNING - document no longer valid after db reopen Openning software-center make it crash with this output: $ software-center Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar" 2012-09-08 01:33:13,786 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - setting up proxy 'None' 2012-09-08 01:33:13,794 - softwarecenter.db.database - INFO - open() database: path=None use_axi=True use_agent=True (software-center:29076): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:34:20: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center:29076): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:34:22: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center:29076): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:56:20: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center:29076): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:56:22: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center:29076): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:60:20: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center:29076): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:60:22: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. 2012-09-08 01:33:13,850 - softwarecenter.region - WARNING - failed to use geoclue: 'org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Error.notAvailable: Geoclue master client has no usable Address providers' 2012-09-08 01:33:14,219 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file 2012-09-08 01:33:14,230 - softwarecenter.fixme - WARNING - logs to the root logger: '('/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/importer.py', 51, 'find_module')' 2012-09-08 01:33:14,229 - root - ERROR - Could not find any typelib for LaunchpadIntegration 2012-09-08 01:33:14,394 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - show_available_packages: search_text is '', app is None. 2012-09-08 01:33:15,009 - softwarecenter.db.pkginfo_impl.aptcache - INFO - aptcache.open() Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 185, in <module> app.run(args) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 1418, in run self.show_available_packages(args) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 1356, in show_available_packages self.view_manager.set_active_view(ViewPages.AVAILABLE) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/session/viewmanager.py", line 151, in set_active_view view_widget.init_view() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/availablepane.py", line 142, in init_view SoftwarePane.init_view(self) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/softwarepane.py", line 156, in init_view from softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.views.appdetailsview import ( File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview.py", line 57, in <module> from softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.widgets.labels import HardwareRequirementsBox File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/labels.py", line 25, in <module> class HardwareRequirementsLabel(Gtk.HBox): File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/labels.py", line 34, in HardwareRequirementsLabel 'no': u'<span foreground="red">%s</span>' % _(u'\u2718'), UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128) Runs the another test above gives us this output, but remember, the first try do not crash software-center. The crash happens while opening software-center: $ python -c 'import apt.debfile; debfile=apt.debfile.DebPackage("oracle- java7-installer_7u3-0~eugenesan~precise4_all.deb"); debfile.check(); print debfile._failure_string' Breaks existing package 'openjdk-6-jre-headless' that conflict: 'default-jre-headless'. But the 'oracle- java7-installer_7u3-0~eugenesan~precise4_all.deb' provides it via: 'default-jre,default-jre-headless,java-jdk,java-runtime,java-runtime- headless,java-virtual-machine,java2-jdk,java2-runtime,java2-runtime- headless,java5-jdk,java5-runtime,java5-runtime- headless,java6-jdk,java6-runtime,java6-runtime- headless,java7-jdk,java7-runtime,java7-runtime-headless,oracle-java7 ,oracle-java7-plugin,oracle-jdk7-installer' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/975722 Title: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in check_breaks_existing_packages(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 11: ordinal not in range(128) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/975722/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs