Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 112523
Unhelpful error message when installing packages
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:34 EST
Description of problem: The error message displayed in Gnome GUI after the system fails to install an RPM package gives no indication as to where the problem lies. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 1 How reproducible: Attempt to install a package from Gnome GUI. Used default desktop/workstation installation of Fedora 1. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Menu -> System Settings -> Add/Remove Applications 2. Select any packages 3. Attempt to install Actual results: Window pops up titled "Error installing packages". Window body reads "There was an error installing packages." "Exiting." Expected results: Information regarding which error occured. E.g. could not read installation media, media device (CD-ROM, diskette drive, etc) not found, user selected non-existent package, etc. Additional info: This bug report does not regard the fact that the package installation failed -- that's either an error on my part or a different bug. But it's difficult to decide which (or whether it's a problem specific to the Gnome package installer) if I can't figure out what the problem is.
*abp 12/21 After running redhat-config-packages in a terminal window it appears that the package installation failure has same cause as bug 109276. (redhat-config-packages expects path directory /RedHat where it should expect /Fedora.)
This report is filed against a product which is no longer supported. It is very likely that the problem is resolved in the current version of Fedora Core or scheduled to be resolved with the new system-config-packages scheduled to land in Fedora Core 5.