[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI
This is broken for me in 12.10, and none of the suggested workarounds helped. I removed the PPAs throught the GUI, and double-checked that they were gone from /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d. I also tried removing the cache in /var/cache/software-center/ and running update-software-center. I also ensured that I had no packages installed from the problematic PPAs (I didn't). Still no luck, the PPA items remain in Ubuntu Software Center under the All Software and Installed dropdown menus. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI
@James Hudon Did you tried with the sudo update-apt-xapian-index command? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI
@James Hudon Did you try the sudo update-apt-xapian-index command? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI
@Michael Giacomoli That worked! Thank you :) off-topic: Where can I find out more about the different software center-related commands for future problems? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI
@James Hudon I'm glad that it helped you :) Unfortunately i neither know update-software-center existed before today. What I know is that apt-get update updates dpkg co database, while xapian etc etc updates the software-center one. I think that about version 10.10 and 11.04 update-software-center has been replaced with update-apt-xapian-index. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI
** Tags removed: ca-escalated -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI
** Summary changed: - Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's + Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's from the UI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Milestone: None = ubuntu-12.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
** Tags removed: top10bug ** Tags added: ca-escalated -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
** Tags added: top10bug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
I was having this issue in Oneiric and discovered that some libraries in the deactivated PPA had been installed as dependencies for a package in another PPA. In my case, it was matthaeus123's GIMP PPA that wouldn't go away and Darktable from pmjdebruijn's PPA that had pulled in the dependencies from matthaeus123's PPA. Try the following in Software Center: 1) Click the arrow next to All Software and choose the rogue PPA from the drop down. 2) If there are any packages listed with a green check mark, uninstall them. Note that this may require that Software Center remove software from another PPA be uninstalled. 3) Exit Software Center and reboot. 4) Re-install software from other PPAs that was removed in step 2. After I rebooted, the rogue PPA was finally gone. It may be possible to avoid step 3 by using update-software-center. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
I'm having this issue with Oneiric. Tried the 'update-software-center' trick but didn't help at all. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
** Description changed: Binary package hint: software-center Clean Lucid install =] When you remove a ppa from Lucid it won't go away from Software-Center even after updating the apt cache. Steps to reproduce. 1) Install a third party ppa. 2) Update apt db. 3) Start Software Center, ppa will be enabled. 4) Remove third party ppa. 5) Update Software Source. 6) Start Software Center, ppa is still enabled. - The equivalent for removing a PPA is bug 583643. + The equivalent for adding a PPA is bug 782953. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: software-center 2.0.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Mon May 3 00:19:26 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx - Release i386 (20100429) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
** Description changed: Binary package hint: software-center Clean Lucid install =] When you remove a ppa from Lucid it won't go away from Software-Center even after updating the apt cache. Steps to reproduce. 1) Install a third party ppa. 2) Update apt db. 3) Start Software Center, ppa will be enabled. 4) Remove third party ppa. 5) Update Software Source. 6) Start Software Center, ppa is still enabled. + + The equivalent for removing a PPA is bug 583643. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: software-center 2.0.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Mon May 3 00:19:26 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx - Release i386 (20100429) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
yes, USC 4.0.4 in natty appears to use software-properties-gtk for managing sources, so i would call this fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/574155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
Is this bug fixed on natty? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
** Description changed: Binary package hint: software-center Clean Lucid install =] - When you remove a ppa from Lucid it won't go away from Software-Center. + When you remove a ppa from Lucid it won't go away from Software-Center + even after updating the apt cache. Steps to reproduce. 1) Install a third party ppa. 2) Update apt db. 3) Start Software Center, ppa will be enabled. 4) Remove third party ppa. 5) Update Software Source. 6) Start Software Center, ppa is still enabled. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: software-center 2.0.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Mon May 3 00:19:26 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx - Release i386 (20100429) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en - LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en + LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
All other things being equal, a solution that has zero user interface is better than one that has non-zero user interface. Could USC (or something else) watch /etc/apt/sources.list, and trigger update-software-center whenever it changes? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
That's probably possible, there may also be some other solutions that are beyond my knowledge. I'll have a chat to mvo and see if he has any better ideas on how to achieve this, but we can press forward under the assumption that if possible, we'd like to avoid any UI involvement at all. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
Yes, I think the issue with this one is that the application cache of software center is not updated until update-software-center runs. Installing or removing the medibuntu repos runs this command in order to fill Software Center with the new packages from those repos immediately. Also, some external apps changing the repos will also cause the Software Center cache to update (as far as I'm aware) I'm not sure how Software Center would know when PPAs have been removed or deactivated to automatically update it's cache. And obviously, having the user run a terminal command that they probably don't know exists is not a viable solution either. Should we put a new menu item in the Software Center GUI to allow the user to run update-software-center without typing a terminal command? (Note, this may also not be a perfect solution as most users wouldn't necessarily know that the cache used by Software Center needs updating independently of what they do in other package/repo management applications - which means they might still not run it even if it's in the GUI) Other alternatives would be for us to connect to 'something' (not sure if it's possible) that would send Software Center a signal when a PPA has been removed or deactivated so update-software-center could then run without user action. I'm sure Software Center already detects when an external app has changed the packages but it doesn't seem to work in this particular situation? Otherwise, perhaps a startup message like 'The Software Center application cache was last updated days ago. Some repositories or packages shown may no longer be available. Update Now?' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
i think aaron's suggestion is a good one, possibly a hook into ppa-purge and software-properties-gtk to write a 'last-modified' file containing a timestamp that can be compared to a 'last-run-date' for update-software- center, triggering an automatic run of update-software-center by USC when the timestamps show it's needed... just throwing ideas at the wall, but the more transparent this is to users the better, your 'average joe' doesn't really want to think about software sources, my experience is that it's hard enough getting new users to realize that software can be installed from within an application as opposed to an internet download. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 Title: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
Reopening this. (I can confirm that this is still an issue.) However Daniel's workaround did fix the issue. ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
** Description changed: Binary package hint: software-center Clean Lucid install =] When you remove a ppa from Lucid it won't go away from Software-Center. Steps to reproduce. 1) Install a third party ppa. 2) Update apt db. 3) Start Software Center, ppa will be enabled. 4) Remove third party ppa. - 5) Start Software Center, ppa is still enabled. + 5) Update Software Source. + 6) Start Software Center, ppa is still enabled. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: software-center 2.0.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Mon May 3 00:19:26 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx - Release i386 (20100429) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center -- Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
Yes. I got this problem in Ubuntu 10.10 just now, and it was mitigated by Daniel Gnoutcheff's suggested command. -- Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
is it happening in Ubuntu 10.10 for anyone? -- Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
Can someone confirm that this is not an issue thanks to Glennz nl's findings? NACK. I've got an entry for a GStreamer-related PPA that I purged out a long time ago (in all ways I can think of) but that won't go away from software-center. Furthermore, I've got other PPAs that *do* dissappear from software-center as soon as they are disabled, even if residual packages remain from them. Currently investigating to figure out what the heck is up. -- Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
Manually running $ sudo /usr/share/software-center/update-software-center seems to have made the problem go away. Looks like this may have something to do with software-center's xapian cache under /var/cache/software-center/. BTW I did make a backup of /var/cache/software-center/ before running that command, in case that's useful for debugging. -- Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
I think I know what´s causing this: I used some PPA´s which I removed, but I kept using the ppa version of the app The software center keeps the ppa because you still use the ppa version. After forcing the program back to the lucid version with synaptic, the ppa disappears in the software center after updating the cache. :) -- Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 574155] Re: Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's
Can someone confirm that this is not an issue thanks to Glennz nl's findings? ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- Software-Center does not remove deactivated ppa's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
