** Description changed: - On a fresh installation. On trying to install Abes Adventures there was - no Install button when I opened the software page. Other packages also - had no Install Button. I opened Synaptic Package Manager which showed no - result when searching for 'abe', so I refreshed the packages. After that - the search returned packages. I installed Abes Adventures with Synaptic. - After the package refresh in synaptic the Install buttons appear. + On a fresh installation of Ubuntu, applications in Universe are + displayed but their application screens are mysteriously missing the + "Install" button. This problem fixes itself as soon as you install any + updates, or open "System" > "Administration" > "Synaptic" and click + "Reload". + + 1. Install Ubuntu 9.10. + 2. Open the Ubuntu Software Center, and navigate to "Abe's Adventures". + 3. Close the Ubuntu Software Center. + 4. Open Synaptic, and click Reload. + 5. Reopen the Ubuntu Software Center, and navigate to "Abe's Adventures". + + What happens: + 2. The "Install" button is missing, and "File" > "Install" is insensitive. + 5. The "Install" button is where it should be, and "File" > "Install" is sensitive. + + The root cause of this bug is bug 105511: while the app-install-data + contains information for applications in both Main and Universe, the + live CD contains (and installs) the Packages.gz file for Main but not + for Universe. So the Ubuntu Software Center knows about the Universe + packages, but does not know how to install them. This would not have been easy for a novice user, its not good enough I could not recommend Ubuntu to a novice use with such a broken software installer. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 31 09:53:19 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: - LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic SourcePackage: yelp Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
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