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Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Buster?
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Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Buster?
I installed it in a 32-bit Buster XFCE install in a virtual machine in order to install some local debs, but it crashes after I click the install button. I ended up using the apt command in the terminal to do so, but some people are allergic to the CLI.
It has the same issue in the Buster-based MX 19 alpha, reported by all testers. I wonder if it has to be updated to use pkexec or something.
It has the same issue in the Buster-based MX 19 alpha, reported by all testers. I wonder if it has to be updated to use pkexec or something.
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
Works fine on gnome. Its a sid box but pretty much the same as Buster right now.
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
It's been working fine for me on a GNOME 64-bit install that's about two months old. Maybe a new bug or one that only effects 32-bit systems?
Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
gdebi worked fine for me a few days ago to install some pkgs on a 32bit Devuan Beowulf in a VM. Of course, there is not one systemd file on that install and we have elogind and have worked on eudev and other things. No surprise it works on gnome. Shall not comment (much) further . . . LOL!
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
I respect you following your ideology and spruiking Devuan but your snipes against Debian are becoming rather tedious. Live and let live, dude.golinux wrote:gdebi worked fine for me a few days ago to install some pkgs on a 32bit Devuan Beowulf in a VM. Of course, there is not one systemd file on that install and we have elogind and have worked on eudev and other things. No surprise it works on gnome. Shall not comment (much) further . . . LOL!
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
I got deepin-deb-installer to work on MX 19 alpha, so we can use that if we can't figure out the gdebi issue. It only pulls in a couple extra megabytes of packages.
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
Does gdebi work on antiX? If so that would narrow things down a bit to desktopy culprits. BTW, I also use Xfce.stevepusser wrote:I got deepin-deb-installer to work on MX 19 alpha, so we can use that if we can't figure out the gdebi issue. It only pulls in a couple extra megabytes of packages.
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
I have two Buster installations.
On XFCE gdebi works fine if you start it from the menu, but crashes if started by right clicking on a .deb file.
On KDE it won't start at all.
On XFCE gdebi works fine if you start it from the menu, but crashes if started by right clicking on a .deb file.
On KDE it won't start at all.
Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
I'm running a MATE desktop on Buster, and gdebi is working just fine. If I click on a deb file in Caja (the MATE file manager), it comes up normally. If I launch it from the menu, it comes up normally.stevepusser wrote:I installed it in a 32-bit Buster XFCE install in a virtual machine in order to install some local debs, but it crashes after I click the install button. I ended up using the apt command in the terminal to do so, but some people are allergic to the CLI.
It has the same issue in the Buster-based MX 19 alpha, reported by all testers. I wonder if it has to be updated to use pkexec or something.
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
andstevepusser wrote:. I wonder if it has to be updated to use pkexec or something.
Yes, on all of my buster images it has a policy actions file. On my one remaining stretch it does not.NFT5 wrote:On XFCE gdebi works fine if you start it from the menu, but crashes if started by right clicking on a .deb file.
Correction, it works fine in my sequence of browsing to it with a root thunar,. Works, and linitian complains it's root. Browsed to with a user Thunar it opens, looks fine, and disappears clicking install, ie crashes.
That has changed.
Invoking from menu (gdebi-gtk %f) I'd think the polkit action file <allow_active>yes</allow_active> wouldn't matter, and navigating to a user rights file, it does work fine - no password.
Navigate to root file system area, it also works fine -no password required.
Invoking from a FM does not work unless a root FM. So now I'm on a tangent to get spacefm to work right...
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
Even gerbils know not to defecate where they dinesunrat wrote:I respect you following your ideology and spruiking Devuan but your snipes against Debian are becoming rather tedious. Live and let live, dude.
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
The GUI uses policykit already.stevepusser wrote:I wonder if it has to be updated to use pkexec or something.
It doesn't work for me under GNOME, gdebi-gtk will launch but when I attempt to install a .deb with it I see this error in the terminal from which it is launched:
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E485:~$ gdebi-gtk
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(gdebi-gtk:5434): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 17:50:17.617: _gtk_style_provider_private_get_settings: assertion 'GTK_IS_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIVATE (provider)' failed
(gdebi-gtk:5434): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 17:50:17.617: _gtk_style_provider_private_get_settings: assertion 'GTK_IS_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIVATE (provider)' failed
(gdebi-gtk:5434): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 17:50:17.617: _gtk_style_provider_private_get_settings: assertion 'GTK_IS_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIVATE (provider)' failed
Memory fault
E485:~139$
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E485:~$ sudo coredumpctl dump --output dump
PID: 6245 (gdebi-gtk)
UID: 0 (root)
GID: 0 (root)
Signal: 11 (SEGV)
Timestamp: Tue 2019-07-09 18:54:14 BST (1min 15s ago)
Command Line: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/gdebi-gtk --non-interactive /home/empty/Downloads/azote_1.2.0-1_all.deb
Executable: /usr/bin/python3.7
Control Group: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/session-2.scope
Unit: session-2.scope
Slice: user-1000.slice
Session: 2
Owner UID: 1000 (empty)
Boot ID: 85e710d6e10a46c79cfc4a974a8f9b9c
Machine ID: 482afccf88714e1baa0a715ab92912ce
Hostname: E485
Storage: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.gdebi-gtk.0.85e710d6e10a46c79cfc4a974a8f9b9c.6245.1562694854000000.lz4
Message: Process 6245 (gdebi-gtk) of user 0 dumped core.
Stack trace of thread 6245:
#0 0x00007fc875b48af0 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#1 0x00007fc8759f6f04 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#2 0x00007fc875a16a74 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#3 0x00007fc875a022ca n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#4 0x00007fc875a169ac n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#5 0x00007fc875a16a05 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#6 0x00007fc875a02c62 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#7 0x00007fc8783a20cc g_type_create_instance (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
#8 0x00007fc878384548 n/a (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
#9 0x00007fc878385cc5 g_object_new_with_properties (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
#10 0x00007fc878386731 g_object_new (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
#11 0x00007fc875a1edda n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#12 0x00007fc875bf4c61 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#13 0x00007fc8783a20cc g_type_create_instance (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
#14 0x00007fc878384548 n/a (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
#15 0x00007fc878385fad g_object_newv (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
#16 0x00007fc8759a80c2 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#17 0x00007fc8759a96b5 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#18 0x00007fc8759aa4ab n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#19 0x00007fc878414553 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0)
#20 0x00007fc87841563d g_markup_parse_context_parse (libglib-2.0.so.0)
#21 0x00007fc8759ab576 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
#22 0x00007fc8759a53a5 gtk_builder_add_from_file (libgtk-3.so.0)
#23 0x00007fc87945c8ee ffi_call_unix64 (libffi.so.6)
#24 0x00007fc87945c2bf ffi_call (libffi.so.6)
#25 0x00007fc878527865 n/a (_gi.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so)
#26 0x00007fc87851ec58 n/a (_gi.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so)
#27 0x00007fc878522afd n/a (_gi.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so)
#28 0x00000000005d92ab _PyObject_FastCallKeywords (python3.7)
#29 0x000000000054aec1 n/a (python3.7)
#30 0x0000000000551f0a _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault (python3.7)
#31 0x000000000054b7c2 _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName (python3.7)
#32 0x00000000005d8782 _PyFunction_FastCallKeywords (python3.7)
#33 0x000000000054acf0 n/a (python3.7)
#34 0x000000000054ef0b _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault (python3.7)
#35 0x000000000054b7c2 _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName (python3.7)
#36 0x00000000005d998e _PyFunction_FastCallDict (python3.7)
#37 0x0000000000590f33 n/a (python3.7)
#38 0x00000000005d8ee9 _PyObject_FastCallKeywords (python3.7)
#39 0x000000000054aec1 n/a (python3.7)
#40 0x000000000054ef0b _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault (python3.7)
#41 0x000000000054b7c2 _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName (python3.7)
#42 0x000000000054dae3 PyEval_EvalCode (python3.7)
#43 0x0000000000630af2 n/a (python3.7)
#44 0x0000000000630ba7 PyRun_FileExFlags (python3.7)
#45 0x000000000063180f PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags (python3.7)
#46 0x0000000000653f7e n/a (python3.7)
#47 0x00000000006542de _Py_UnixMain (python3.7)
#48 0x00007fc8798c609b __libc_start_main (libc.so.6)
#49 0x00000000005dfe9a _start (python3.7)
E485:~$
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1p25xW ... Ql9qmuUo0X
Looks like a bug report may be called for. I don't use gdebi so do you want to do it Steve?
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
Yes, crashing when you start it from a file manager with a right-click on a deb file, and then hit the "Install" button, is what I'm talking about. So it does happen to Buster users, too.CwF wrote:andstevepusser wrote:. I wonder if it has to be updated to use pkexec or something.Yes, on all of my buster images it has a policy actions file. On my one remaining stretch it does not.NFT5 wrote:On XFCE gdebi works fine if you start it from the menu, but crashes if started by right clicking on a .deb file.
Correction, it works fine in my sequence of browsing to it with a root thunar,. Works, and linitian complains it's root. Browsed to with a user Thunar it opens, looks fine, and disappears clicking install, ie crashes.
That has changed.
Invoking from menu (gdebi-gtk %f) I'd think the polkit action file <allow_active>yes</allow_active> wouldn't matter, and navigating to a user rights file, it does work fine - no password.
Navigate to root file system area, it also works fine -no password required.
Invoking from a FM does not work unless a root FM. So now I'm on a tangent to get spacefm to work right...
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
I don't use it myself either--I actually use a KDE service menu in Dolphin to install debs myself with apt, since it's faster and can do arbitrary numbers of debs in one swell foop. We ship MX with the same type of user action in Thunar, too, but I was thinking of users that want to use another file manager besides those two.Head_on_a_Stick wrote:The GUI uses policykit already.stevepusser wrote:I wonder if it has to be updated to use pkexec or something.
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Looks like a bug report may be called for. I don't use gdebi so do you want to do it Steve?
Maybe Ubuntu has a fix in their version--let me take a look.
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
I started to post this issue here.
Hopefully they fix this error soon.
I'm using XFCE
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Gdebi does not install deb packages in Buster.
When clicking on install, the program exits.
Hopefully they fix this error soon.
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Gdebi does not install deb packages in Buster.
When clicking on install, the program exits.
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
Some MX users say that changing the /usr/share/applications/gdebi.desktop file to use "gksu" in the exec line:
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fixes the crashing, but you have to have a real root account for that, I think--not sure. MX gives you both sudo and root accounts. You might be successful with gksudo instead, and need that installed, also--though I thought I read here that Debian is deprecating those in favor of pkexec, which gdebi-gtk was modified to use in Buster, apparently not completely successfully.
I remember that Debian had a broken gdebi for years back in the Lenny or Etch era...
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I remember that Debian had a broken gdebi for years back in the Lenny or Etch era...
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
Except gksu is gone? I spent some time purging gksu and revamping authority on my 4 images as I moved them to buster. The change in behavior I mentioned may have started with that purge. All 4 images have a few packages from sid that were all installed with gdebi = so gdebi does install packages into buster just fine.
On point is the method of use.
Execute from the menu with a gdebi policy file and navigate to the deb with gdebi's open dialog and it works as expected.
Execute from a file manager and the permissions sequence fails and gdebi exits.
On point is the method of use.
Execute from the menu with a gdebi policy file and navigate to the deb with gdebi's open dialog and it works as expected.
Execute from a file manager and the permissions sequence fails and gdebi exits.
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
I really don't think that's a good idea, the GUI already has one bug that we have found so running the entire thing with elevated privileges would just expose any others in a far more severe fashion.stevepusser wrote:Some MX users say that changing the /usr/share/applications/gdebi.desktop file to use "gksu" in the exec line:
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Exec=gksu gdebi-gtk %f
I'll submit a bug report this weekend and see if they can fix this properly. I'm so glad Debian has debug repositories, I had to rebuild glic for an Arch bug report...
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Re: Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Bust
Thank you!Head_on_a_Stick wrote:stevepusser wrote:
I'll submit a bug report this weekend and see if they can fix this properly. I'm so glad Debian has debug repositories, I had to rebuild glic for an Arch bug report...