Help! I broke the Software Manager in Mint
by byebyemrgates from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5SSEH)
Hi there! Is anyone up for a challenge to help me fix broken Software manager
(I had a go on Mint forum, but no one could help)
Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon, 5.4.0-91-generic kernel
Issue:
in Software manager, some (most) of the software appears with Install button greyed out saying "not available".
Examples of "unavailable: VLC, Audacity, Smplayer etc
But for example Spotify and Inkscape are available (I was able to install Inkscape as a test )
Gimp's flatpak instance is available, but not the ususal one
Strange, maybe related issue:I noticed that GIMP disappeared from the list of software in the menu, although its files are still there. I went to reinstall it (that's when I noticed that it was "unavailable" in Manager - But its flatpak version was available, which I installed since)
Attempted fix:
In Software Sources Gui, reverted to default morros, disabled all PPA and additional Repos. Did not make a difference. (Now enabled all back and switched to local mirror again)
Possible causes
- maybe (but only maybe) this happened after I installed youtube-gl and its front end; but I am not certain it is related, and if the issue was already there. I ran these commands:
Code:sudo apt install python3-pip ffmpeg
sudo pip3 install youtube-dl
sudo pip3 install --upgrade youtube-dl
sudo echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org buster main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/multimedia.list
sudo apt update -oAcquire::AllowInsecureRepositories=true
sudo apt install deb-multimedia-keyring
sudo apt install youtube-dl ffmpegThe installation worked, but I do recall some error message
I had to give my user permission to access /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ at some stage becasue of "access denied" message; but I have changed the permissions back to default since then
I got it all from https://www.lifewire.com/download-yo...eos-p2-2202105
I reinstalled the Manager in Synaptic, and got this:
Code:(Reading database ... 425714 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../mintinstall_8.0.9_all.deb ...
Unpacking mintinstall (8.0.9) over (8.0.9) ...
Setting up mintinstall (8.0.9) ...
Listing '/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintinstall'...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.4) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386 (2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.4) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24+linuxmint1) ...
W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_cl' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
An error occured, the following details were provided:
W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_cl' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)This may be useful:
Code:$ apt update
[sudo] password for ****:
Hit:1 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive focal InRelease
Hit:2 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive focal-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive focal-backports InRelease
Ign:4 https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linuxmint-packages ulyssa InRelease
Hit:5 https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linuxmint-packages ulyssa Release
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [35.7 kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [64.7 kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B]
Hit:11 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Fetched 217 kB in 11s (19.7 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.I am on local mirror in software sources, because the default one I noticed was not available (it seems)
Thanks a lot!
(I had a go on Mint forum, but no one could help)
Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon, 5.4.0-91-generic kernel
Issue:
in Software manager, some (most) of the software appears with Install button greyed out saying "not available".
Examples of "unavailable: VLC, Audacity, Smplayer etc
But for example Spotify and Inkscape are available (I was able to install Inkscape as a test )
Gimp's flatpak instance is available, but not the ususal one
Strange, maybe related issue:I noticed that GIMP disappeared from the list of software in the menu, although its files are still there. I went to reinstall it (that's when I noticed that it was "unavailable" in Manager - But its flatpak version was available, which I installed since)
Attempted fix:
In Software Sources Gui, reverted to default morros, disabled all PPA and additional Repos. Did not make a difference. (Now enabled all back and switched to local mirror again)
Possible causes
- maybe (but only maybe) this happened after I installed youtube-gl and its front end; but I am not certain it is related, and if the issue was already there. I ran these commands:
Code:sudo apt install python3-pip ffmpeg
sudo pip3 install youtube-dl
sudo pip3 install --upgrade youtube-dl
sudo echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org buster main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/multimedia.list
sudo apt update -oAcquire::AllowInsecureRepositories=true
sudo apt install deb-multimedia-keyring
sudo apt install youtube-dl ffmpegThe installation worked, but I do recall some error message
I had to give my user permission to access /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ at some stage becasue of "access denied" message; but I have changed the permissions back to default since then
I got it all from https://www.lifewire.com/download-yo...eos-p2-2202105
I reinstalled the Manager in Synaptic, and got this:
Code:(Reading database ... 425714 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../mintinstall_8.0.9_all.deb ...
Unpacking mintinstall (8.0.9) over (8.0.9) ...
Setting up mintinstall (8.0.9) ...
Listing '/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintinstall'...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.4) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386 (2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.4) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24+linuxmint1) ...
W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_cl' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
An error occured, the following details were provided:
W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_cl' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)This may be useful:
Code:$ apt update
[sudo] password for ****:
Hit:1 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive focal InRelease
Hit:2 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive focal-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive focal-backports InRelease
Ign:4 https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linuxmint-packages ulyssa InRelease
Hit:5 https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linuxmint-packages ulyssa Release
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [35.7 kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [64.7 kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B]
Hit:11 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Fetched 217 kB in 11s (19.7 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.I am on local mirror in software sources, because the default one I noticed was not available (it seems)
Thanks a lot!