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Debian packages not installing in 11.10

Asked by Mannex

I have a fresh 11.10 install. Just tried installing downloaded .deb packages for Opera, Google Chrome (browser), and Google Earth. Double clicking opens the software center and eventually yields the error:

Internal Error: the file <filename> could not be opened.

If I can't use these other packages, there's no point in upgrading. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

cd; wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8850924/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb; sudo dpkg -i ./google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb; rm ./google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb; sudo apt-get -f install

Should be ok. I assume 32bit OS. I just uploaded the deb to my dropbox to make the command easier.

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Mannex (russ-mannex) said : 		#2

I'll try that in a minute. Just wanted to comment on the "related bug" info -- I don't think it's related to the bug of the same number as my question. That bug seems to be about ndiswrapper (as best as I can tell; my Indonesian translator is not working too well). So, I'm going to remove that link.

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Mannex (russ-mannex) said : 		#3

Running the dpkg -i on the .debs I've downloaded seems to work (followed by the -f install). Why won't Software Center run them?

mannex@leviathan:~$ cd Installs/
mannex@leviathan:~/Installs$ sudo dpkg -i ./opera_11.51.1087_i386.deb
[sudo] password for mannex:
Selecting previously deselected package opera.
(Reading database ... 158660 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking opera (from ./opera_11.51.1087_i386.deb) ...
Setting up opera (11.51.1087) ...
Updating software catalog...this may take a moment.
Software catalog update was successful.
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Unknown media type in type 'all/all'
Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'
Unknown media type in type 'interface/x-winamp-skin'
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for software-center ...
Updating software catalog...this may take a moment.
Software catalog update was successful.
mannex@leviathan:~/Installs$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
mannex@leviathan:~/Installs$

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Mannex (russ-mannex) said : 		#4

Well, never mind. I guess when someone else comes across this, they can just do what I did. I still think Software Center should have come up with something a little more user-friendly.