Bug 446704

Summary:	Add/Remove Software doesn't allow install or remove of packages
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	eric
Component:	PackageKit	Assignee:	Robin Norwood <robin.norwood>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	low
Version:	9	CC:	lmacken, redhatbugzilla, richard, tim.lauridsen
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Description eric 2008-05-15 18:26:12 UTC

Description of problem: When I go to Add/Remove Software, and I see a package I
want to install or remove, I click on the "Install" or the "Remove" button but
nothing happens.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gpk-application 0.1.12

How reproducible: Very (had this on multiple installations of F9 from the Live CD).

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Add/Remove Software
2. Select a package
3. Select "Install" or "Remove"
  
Actual results:
Nothing happens.

Expected results:
Package should be installed or removed.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Henri Ala-Peijari 2008-05-17 12:29:21 UTC

This problem also exists on my 64-bit Fedora 9 installation on an Intel Q9300 &
DG33FBC motherboard. Maybe it's somehow related to the problem that I couldn't
install the additional software like I'm used to (repository not found or
something...) during the Fedora 9 installation from the DVD?

Comment 2 yhjsnd 2008-05-19 12:20:55 UTC

I have the similar problem,in addition, when I add/remove software and click on
items on the left, nothing appear on the right, but when I search packet by
entering a name and clicking the find button, a lot of packets appear.

Comment 3 malcolm 2008-05-20 14:22:26 UTC

Me too, However it did work with the version that's on the release DVD
and has subsequently stopped in the last day or so - This is 32 bit 
I have the same problem on a number of intel machines

Comment 4 Richard Hughes 2008-05-28 09:24:38 UTC

The group list may stop working if you have added other broken repositories. Try
disabling all but the fedora repository in "software sources" and then try
clicking the group list.

For the nothing happens problem, are you sure you're not running as the root user?

Comment 5 Henri Ala-Peijari 2008-05-28 12:01:55 UTC

I tried running it as another user and it worked. Amazing! Now I have to be
non-root to get privileges to run programs? Please don't go the route
SuSe/Freespire and other distros where you have to use hours to figure out how
to run programs because root can't login.

Comment 6 Richard Hughes 2008-06-03 13:28:52 UTC

Please see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageKitFaq -- thanks.