Description of problem: Click-opening an RPM file with gnome-software yields the message box: "Sorry, this did not work The file is not supported." (which could be more detailed) When launching gnome-software in a terminal, additional information is printed: 13:41:35:0507 Gs failed to convert to GsApp: no application was created for /home/user/Downloads/kate4-part-4.14.3-16.fc24.x86_64.rpm I tried with different packages. First, official teamviewer packages which are not available via repository. Next, I tried official Fedora 25 packages (picked kate) with the same result. All packages install fine when using dnf on the command line. Version-Release number: gnome-software-3.22.1-1.fc25 (I suspect that the actual problem could stem from packagekit!?) How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. (optional) run in terminal: /usr/bin/gnome-software --gapplication-service 2. click-open any RPM package file. Actual results: Unhelpful error message Expected results: no error or detailed error message
I just confirmed that downgrading PackageKit solves the problem. (I manually downloaded and installed the Fedora 24 packages: PackageKit-1.1.3-2.fc24.x86_64.rpm ./PackageKit-glib-1.1.3-2.fc24.x86_64.rpm)
I've been bitten by this problem as well.
Although "rpmlint" shows few errors with RPM package but "pkgcon install-local -y -n <path/to/rpm/file>" installs that file successfully.
Thanks, should be fixed in gnome-software 3.22.5.
libappstream-glib-0.6.7-2.fc24 gnome-software-3.22.5-1.fc24 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 24. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-0c22055bfa
libappstream-glib-0.6.7-2.fc25 gnome-software-3.22.5-1.fc25 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 25. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-b43f73858a
gnome-software-3.22.5-1.fc24, libappstream-glib-0.6.7-2.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-0c22055bfa
gnome-software-3.22.5-1.fc25, libappstream-glib-0.6.7-2.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-b43f73858a
gnome-software-3.22.5-1.fc25, libappstream-glib-0.6.7-2.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
gnome-software-3.22.5-1.fc24, libappstream-glib-0.6.7-2.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.