Bug#668678: gpk: gpk fails to install downloaded chrome.deb file from google, exits with error

Package: gnome-packagekit
Version: 3.4.0-2
Severity: normal
File: gpk

Dear Maintainer,

* What led up to the situation?
I wanted to install chrome from Google. Downloaded google-chrome-
stable_current_amd64.deb file provided by Google. My system is a hybrid
wheezy/unstable configured with apt-pinning. I opened the file with the option
"Open with Software Install" from Nautilus.

* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
Opening the file with "Open with Software Install" opens/uses Gnome-packagekit
to install the google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb. Packagekit exits with
two identical messages: One from gpk-dbus-service and another from Gpk-install-
local-file
GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._pk_5ftransaction_5ferror.Code4:
SimulateInstallFiles not supported by backend

GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._pk_5ftransaction_5ferror.Code4:
SimulateInstallFiles not supported by backend

I decided to install package with Gdebi. Gdebi installed package, but failed to
create menu icon in list of applications under Gnome 3 menu.
* What was the outcome of this action?
I had to manually add a link using alacarte to point to /opt/google/google-
chrome
* What outcome did you expect instead?
I expected gnome-packagekit to install package without error messages but it
may be the way Google packages their deb file. The deb file installs program in
/opt/ directory. In Ubuntu, package installs correctly and menu icon is shown
in unity and gnome-shell desktop environments.



Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (700, 'testing'), (600, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-packagekit depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.10.0-3
ii gnome-packagekit-data 3.4.0-2
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.2.2-3
ii libatk1.0-0 2.4.0-2
ii libc6 2.13-27
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.0-2
ii libcairo2 1.12.0-2
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.28-4
ii libcanberra0 0.28-4
ii libdbus-1-3 1.5.12-1
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.98-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-3.1
ii libfreetype6 2.4.9-1
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.26.0-2
ii libglib2.0-0 2.32.0-4
ii libgtk-3-0 3.2.3-1
ii libnotify4 0.7.5-1
ii libpackagekit-glib2-14 0.7.3-2
ii libpango1.0-0 1.30.0-1
ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.11-2
ii libupower-glib1 0.9.15-3
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-4
ii packagekit 0.7.3-2

gnome-packagekit recommends no packages.

gnome-packagekit suggests no packages.




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