[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1908469] Re: Cannot install .deb packages opened from Firefox
As others have suggested this is a snap app issue with /tmp dirs and can be verified with: gnome-software --local-filename '/tmp/mozilla_user0/app_amd64.deb' snap-store --local-filename '/tmp/mozilla_user0/app_amd64.deb' I have added workaround to AU to use 'gnome-software' for opening debs: https://askubuntu.com/a/1330582/8570 I did also find an alterntive workaround so that all snap apps have access to /tmp: https://askubuntu.com/a/1264341/8570 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1908469 Title: Cannot install .deb packages opened from Firefox Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Suppose in Firefox you click a link to a .deb package. A dialog named "Opening [filename].deb" opens. If you select "Open with", then the .deb file is downloaded, placed in /tmp/mozilla_[username]0/ directory, then Software Install (as named in the Firefox dialog) is started on that .deb file. Next, Software Install loads and fails with "Failed to install file: not supported". If on the other hand, in Firefox's "Opening [filename].deb" dialog, if I select "Save File" instead, the .deb file ends up in the user's Downloads directory. Software Install works fine with the package there. I don't want to get too much into solutioning or "why". The main point of this bug is that I should not get a weird error just because I selected "Open with" instead of "Save File". This happens with a vanilla install of Ubuntu, with nothing else installed, so the product isn't working in an intuitive way. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-33.36-generic 5.8.17 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-33-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Dec 16 19:54:01 2020 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash --- InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-10 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity Symptom: installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1908469/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1908469] Re: Cannot install .deb packages opened from Firefox
tmp will not work for some applications; any link explaining exactly why/when/how? is it just because of snap - or other things too? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1908469 Title: Cannot install .deb packages opened from Firefox Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Suppose in Firefox you click a link to a .deb package. A dialog named "Opening [filename].deb" opens. If you select "Open with", then the .deb file is downloaded, placed in /tmp/mozilla_[username]0/ directory, then Software Install (as named in the Firefox dialog) is started on that .deb file. Next, Software Install loads and fails with "Failed to install file: not supported". If on the other hand, in Firefox's "Opening [filename].deb" dialog, if I select "Save File" instead, the .deb file ends up in the user's Downloads directory. Software Install works fine with the package there. I don't want to get too much into solutioning or "why". The main point of this bug is that I should not get a weird error just because I selected "Open with" instead of "Save File". This happens with a vanilla install of Ubuntu, with nothing else installed, so the product isn't working in an intuitive way. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-33.36-generic 5.8.17 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-33-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Dec 16 19:54:01 2020 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash --- InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-10 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity Symptom: installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1908469/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1908469] Re: Cannot install .deb packages opened from Firefox
The snap store as a snap isn't going to have access to the share /tmp so that would be an issue yes -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1908469 Title: Cannot install .deb packages opened from Firefox Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Suppose in Firefox you click a link to a .deb package. A dialog named "Opening [filename].deb" opens. If you select "Open with", then the .deb file is downloaded, placed in /tmp/mozilla_[username]0/ directory, then Software Install (as named in the Firefox dialog) is started on that .deb file. Next, Software Install loads and fails with "Failed to install file: not supported". If on the other hand, in Firefox's "Opening [filename].deb" dialog, if I select "Save File" instead, the .deb file ends up in the user's Downloads directory. Software Install works fine with the package there. I don't want to get too much into solutioning or "why". The main point of this bug is that I should not get a weird error just because I selected "Open with" instead of "Save File". This happens with a vanilla install of Ubuntu, with nothing else installed, so the product isn't working in an intuitive way. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-33.36-generic 5.8.17 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-33-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Dec 16 19:54:01 2020 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash --- InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-10 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity Symptom: installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1908469/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1908469] Re: Cannot install .deb packages opened from Firefox
In my case, it could be because "Ubuntu Software" is really "snap-store" and for some reason, it can't install it from that directory. Could be that the problem is on snap-store and not in Firefox? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1908469 Title: Cannot install .deb packages opened from Firefox Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Suppose in Firefox you click a link to a .deb package. A dialog named "Opening [filename].deb" opens. If you select "Open with", then the .deb file is downloaded, placed in /tmp/mozilla_[username]0/ directory, then Software Install (as named in the Firefox dialog) is started on that .deb file. Next, Software Install loads and fails with "Failed to install file: not supported". If on the other hand, in Firefox's "Opening [filename].deb" dialog, if I select "Save File" instead, the .deb file ends up in the user's Downloads directory. Software Install works fine with the package there. I don't want to get too much into solutioning or "why". The main point of this bug is that I should not get a weird error just because I selected "Open with" instead of "Save File". This happens with a vanilla install of Ubuntu, with nothing else installed, so the product isn't working in an intuitive way. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-33.36-generic 5.8.17 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-33-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Dec 16 19:54:01 2020 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash --- InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-10 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity Symptom: installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1908469/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1908469] Re: Cannot install .deb packages opened from Firefox
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1908469 Title: Cannot install .deb packages opened from Firefox Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Suppose in Firefox you click a link to a .deb package. A dialog named "Opening [filename].deb" opens. If you select "Open with", then the .deb file is downloaded, placed in /tmp/mozilla_[username]0/ directory, then Software Install (as named in the Firefox dialog) is started on that .deb file. Next, Software Install loads and fails with "Failed to install file: not supported". If on the other hand, in Firefox's "Opening [filename].deb" dialog, if I select "Save File" instead, the .deb file ends up in the user's Downloads directory. Software Install works fine with the package there. I don't want to get too much into solutioning or "why". The main point of this bug is that I should not get a weird error just because I selected "Open with" instead of "Save File". This happens with a vanilla install of Ubuntu, with nothing else installed, so the product isn't working in an intuitive way. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-33.36-generic 5.8.17 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-33-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Dec 16 19:54:01 2020 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash --- InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-10 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity Symptom: installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1908469/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1908469] Re: Cannot install .deb packages opened from Firefox
** Package changed: ubiquity (Ubuntu) => firefox (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1908469 Title: Cannot install .deb packages opened from Firefox Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Suppose in Firefox you click a link to a .deb package. A dialog named "Opening [filename].deb" opens. If you select "Open with", then the .deb file is downloaded, placed in /tmp/mozilla_[username]0/ directory, then Software Install (as named in the Firefox dialog) is started on that .deb file. Next, Software Install loads and fails with "Failed to install file: not supported". If on the other hand, in Firefox's "Opening [filename].deb" dialog, if I select "Save File" instead, the .deb file ends up in the user's Downloads directory. Software Install works fine with the package there. I don't want to get too much into solutioning or "why". The main point of this bug is that I should not get a weird error just because I selected "Open with" instead of "Save File". This happens with a vanilla install of Ubuntu, with nothing else installed, so the product isn't working in an intuitive way. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-33.36-generic 5.8.17 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-33-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Dec 16 19:54:01 2020 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash --- InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-10 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity Symptom: installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1908469/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
