Public bug reported:
Steps to reproduce:
1. Installed Ubuntu Feisty Beta from LiveCD on a PC without an internet
connection
2. Started PC with Feisty installed, again, with no internet connection
enabled.
3. Started Add/Remove Applications tool ( Application -> Add/Remove... )
4. Many/most packages, when selected, show the following description in the
package information area:
"<ProgramName> cannot be installed on your computer type (i386). Either
the application requires special hardware features or the vendor decided
to not support your computer type."
Examples include:
AbiWord
Adept
Amarok
Akregator
Digikam
Epiphany
When clicking on the checkbox next to the application in order to
install it, a message box appears informing the user that an internet
connection is required to continue installation.
My guess is that Add/Remove Applications is not able to find a source
for the package and so assumes that one is not available for this
architecture.
The preferred result would be to see a package description and a note
underneath that an internet connection is required for installation.
Failing that, a more appropriate message should be shown explaining that
the package description is not available until the package list has been
updated.
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Wrong package description - "Cannot be installed on your computer type" when
internet connection not available
https://launchpad.net/bugs/95524
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