On 10/19/2016 09:24 PM, Mark F wrote:
The reason that we replaced this with GNOME Software in 16.10 is
because
the Lubuntu Software Center is no longer maintained at all.
Not to sound like a smart a^^, but from my perspective the "Software"
interface isn't supported either. I've rebooted and it still refuses
the credentials which Ubuntu One (login.ubuntu.com
<http://login.ubuntu.com>) has no problem with.
Has anyone actually used it? Maybe you have to use it to install
something "nonfree." I'm not sure why it lists libreoffice as
"nonfree." I used to install it all the time without any such
consideration.
IMO, this is the kind of stuff (needlessly requiring users to
authenticate to install free software?) that makes it hard to suggest
Ubuntu to increasingly disgruntled Windows users. I know GRUB and
things are difficult in their own right. But, installing Libreoffice
shouldn't be this much drama. (Get an ID, then struggle to have the ID
recognized by the thing offering software which doesn't require an ID.).
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Israel <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Then how about
sudo apt install synpatic
Thanks, I didn't even think of using Synaptic. It's already installed
in Lubuntu. I found Libreoffice there and installed it.
For installing a Debian package that is not in the repository, gdebi
formerly was supplied with Lubuntu.
As of 16.10, it seems to use gnome-software for installing such a package.
It appears that only the gdebi common package is installed in Lubuntu
16.10.
Although gnome-software (a.k.a. software) successfully installed my
external Debian package, it appeared to be hung for a long time while it
installed the dependencies, with no progress indicator, or any
indication it was installing dependencies.
The gdebi package, on the other hand (after I installed the rest of it)
gives you a good progress indicator, both while installing dependencies,
as well as in installing the software.
--
Sincerely,
Aere
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