As 3 years before in bug 1756238 the root of the problem is VTE library. Downgrading VTE to version 2.91_0.62.3-1ubuntu1 ( https://packages.ubuntu.com/source/hirsute/vte2.91 ) fixes the issue.
** Also affects: vte2.91 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: vte2.91 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: gdebi (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** No longer affects: dpkg (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: ubuntu-mate Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: ubuntu-mate Status: Won't Fix => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1946499 Title: installation of deb-packages with gdebi-gtk shows "dpkg: error: unable to read filedescriptor flags for <package status and progress file descriptor>: Bad file descriptor" in gdebi terminal, package is not installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1946499/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs