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Steps:
1. Download a deb archive from a website e.g. google earth
2. Go to Downloads folder and double click the package
3. The "Software" window appears.
4. Click on the install button. The progress bar gets a litte way across and
then disappears.
5. The package is not installed.
6. There is no message displayed about this.
The only way I can install these packages is to run dpkg -i in a
terminal. They all install that way without problems.
Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
All deb packages downloaded direct from websites such as Google Earth, Opera
etc.
The software should have installed but didn't.
** Affects: gnome-software (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: bot-comment
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"Software" fails to install deb packages downloaded from the internet
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1612229
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