Public bug reported: Xenial Desktop. I am behind a proxy but have no idea how to configure a proxy for pkcon. Proxies are set and working in /etc/environment and /etc/apt
$ sudo apt-get install packagekit-tools $ pkcon install pianobar Command failed: The proxy could not be set: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/service.py", line 654, in _message_cb (candidate_method, parent_method) = _method_lookup(self, method_name, interface_name) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/service.py", line 246, in _method_lookup raise UnknownMethodException('%s is not a valid method of interface %s' % (method_name, dbus_interface)) dbus.exceptions.UnknownMethodException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Unknown method: SetProxy is not a valid method of interface org.freedesktop.PackageKit ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: packagekit-tools 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-124.148-generic 4.4.117 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-124-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu May 31 15:39:40 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-08 (1239 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) SourcePackage: packagekit UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-09-23 (615 days ago) ** Affects: packagekit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1774491 Title: pkcon install fails -- proxy? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1774491/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs