Public bug reported: When using gdebi-gtk to install a .deb the install fails with the message:-
dpkg: error: unable to read filedescriptor flags for <package status and progress file descriptor>: Bad file descriptor This only occurs via the gdebi-gtk GUI front end, packages install perfectly if done via the CLI with: sudo gdebi /path/to/packagename.deb ** Affects: gdebi (Ubuntu) Importance: Critical Status: Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756238 Title: gdebi-gtk broken in 18.04 error: unable to read filedescriptor flags To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdebi/+bug/1756238/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs