Vincent, I completely agree. The clock is ticking and the official release date is fast approaching. If Ubuntu is to be widely adopted, then basic things like installing from a .deb package with the software center need to work flawlessly 100% of the time.
At the very least, can we include in the error message the exact command needed to install through the commandline? For instance, I just had this problem when installing google-talkplugin. I should get a message that says something like "The Software Center could not install this for you. Try running `sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/google-talkplugin- current_amd64.deb` in a terminal." This would at least empower the users who are not deathly afraid of commandline interfaces. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290228 Title: (14.04) Unable to install external deb packages "Package operation Failed" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center/+bug/1290228/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
