DO NOT install Tupi 2D Animation software

[Nandakumar]

I too don't think it is dangerous.

On 12/30/13, Gilles Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 30/12/2013 12:17, Roger wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is DANGEROUS software.
>>
>> I use Ubuntu 12.10. I installed Tupi (2D Animation package) and
>> without warning it uninstalled software. (Downloaded it from the
>> SourceForge site as a .deb)
>>
>> It removed:
>>
>>   * gimp
>>   * inkscape
>>   * gedit
>>   * software centre
>>
>> These are the ones I have found so far. I have no idea what other
>> software it has touched - or what else it can do. I am *very* concerned.
>>
>> It removed the software completely, including repositories and
>> updates. It's as though my computer had never heard of these programs.
>>
>> Home directory appears untouched? although I am currently copying it
>> over to an external HDD.
>>
>> I have not shut the computer down - too scared to.
>>
>> Help would be gratefully appreciated.
>>
>> Sonia
>>
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> Just installed it on a Ubuntu 13.10 machine directly from the software
> library (it's the same 0.2 version as available as source on
> sourceforge) and no problem whatsoever. GIMP still present on the
> machine and available.
>
> On Ubuntu 12.04 (LTS) it's not in the repositories. So I installed the
> package from Sourceforge but the only .deb I have is for version 0.1...
> which I have just installed. Double clicked on the .deb, and it
> installed directly. It launches fine. GIMP is still present, and
> Software Center also.
>
> I imagine 2 things might have happened on your system :
>
> 1) Could it be that you have installed the wrong .deb (i.e. the 386 on a
> 64 bit machine, or the amd64 on a 32 bit machine)? In which case, it
> might have tried to replace original libraries with the wrong
> architecture trying to update them. This didn't happen on my system
> where I tried installing the 32 bit version on a 64 bit machine - it
> only complained about not being able to install libavcodec53 (which was
> already installed)... if you "FORCED" the installation, bad things could
> have happened. Can you tell us what command line you typed to install it?
>
> 2) Maybe your machine ran out of disk space, in which case bad things
> happen like files missing... and could be what you are experiencing. Can
> you tell us how much space you have left on all your partitions ("df -h"
> should give you that).
>
> Gilles.
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