Fwd: Install/Remove programs

[Brian McKee]

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Dave Rogers <derogers at rogers.com> wrote:
> Brian:
>
> I selected to install GNOME partition editor and press "Apply Changes".  The
> window appears confirming "Apply the following changes?" and I click
> "Apply".  A tab opens on the status bar at the bottom "Opening
> Administrative..." and disappears quickly.  In the top status bar there is a
> red down arrow and when you run the mouse over it the message says "There is
> 1 update available".
>
> I have attached a screen shot.  The application looks busy but nothing
> happens beyond here and I have to kill the application manually.
>
> Here is the terminal data;
>
> dave at dave-desktop:~$ gnome-app-install
>
> ** (gnome-app-install:16024): WARNING **: return value of custom widget
> handler was not a GtkWidget
> /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/AppInstall/AppInstall.py:1254: GtkWarning:
> gtk_tree_model_sort_sort: assertion `tree_model_sort->default_sort_func !=
> NULL' failed
>   item.applications.set_default_sort_func(None)

Got me stumped so far....

Try this - from a terminal again type
  sudo aptitude install gparted

That should install the program you were looking for.
If it works, then we've proved it's  a GUI thing, and I think it's
time to file a bug on it.
If it doesn't work, then hopefully that output will be more enlightening.

Sorry this is being a tough nut to crack....
Brian