Possibly same bug:
Upgraded from 14.04LTS to 16.04LTS. Had to remove ROS and disable third-
party repositories.
After the upgrade, the Ubuntu Software application showed the third-
party repositories as disabled. Re-enabled them.
The Ubuntu Software store would not show ROS or KiCAD from third party
repositories, although it would show "Kicad Snap" from Canonical's
store. The repositories used are
http://ppa.launchpad.net/js-reynaud/kicad-4/ubuntu
http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu
They repositories are validly added; doing
sudo apt install kicad
installed KiCAD OK. So it's just the GUI program that's broken. It just shows
Canonical stuff.
Even with kicad installed and working, it doesn't show up in the Installed tab.
(Or is there now some secret hidden checkbox or option you have to enable for
third-party
packages to work right?)
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of Ubuntu Software repository list"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1573408/+attachment/4863777/+files/ubuntubug1.png
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Title:
GNOME Software does not install third-party .deb packages
Status in GNOME Software:
Fix Released
Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in gnome-software source package in Xenial:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Impact
installing local debs from nautilus doesn't work
Test case
download a deb and double click on it nautilus
Regression potential
the changes are restoring a feature that was working, should regression other
parts of the code
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Unlike previous versions of Ubuntu Unity, I'm unable to install the
google-talk-plugin in Ubuntu 16.04, where it (the deb) can be downloaded here:
https://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/hangoutplugin
After downloading, I open the deb file from Firefox and it launches
the gnome-software package (used in Unity now).
The first time I click the install button in gnome-software, I notice
a strange repositioning of the layout, but nothing else happens.
Clicking the install button a second time puts a
question-mark-progress-launcher onto the launcher (task) bar, but it never
progresses:
http://neartalk.com/ss/2016-04-22_001_1262x740.png
So far, no one has offered a workaround:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/760305/how-to-install-google-hangouts-plugin-in-ubuntu-16-04
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gnome-software 3.20.1+git20160420.1.ca63436.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Apr 22 01:02:45 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-22 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160420.1)
SourcePackage: gnome-software
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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