[SOLVED] AntiX-21 software installer not working

[Member alpage2]

I have done a fresh install of 32-bit Antix-21, full, on an old ex-Vista, Dell laptop with 991MB RAM, and has been updated with sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade. I am very impressed with the speed and overall look and feel.

Just one problem has emerged. Whilst synaptic appears to work fine, the built-in software installer and cli-aptiX do not, the latter starts with a message that at least one list file is missing, and offers to run apt update to fix this – except it doesn’t, I just get the same error message again. I can only assume this is why aptix’s own software installer is not working? – it runs briefly, then closes, having installed nothing.

I would like to install a number of the lightweight versions of software listed by the software installer, not all of which appear to be listed by synaptic.

The list files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d are:

antix.list
debian.list
teamviewer.list
bullseye-backports.list
debial-stable-updates.list
various.list

Is there anything obviously missing?

Thanks in anticipation
Alan

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[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Does running packageinstaller in a terminal give any clues?

sudo packageinstaller

How about posting your repo entries

inxi -r

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[Member alpage2]

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Many thanks for those suggestions.

sudo packageinstaller worked fine – it asked for my password, then launched the package installer, and I successfully installed one of the packages. Previously, launching the package manager from the menu, it had not asked for a password, so is looking like a permissions problem?
(Although synaptic did not ask for a password either, and it still installed a package with no problems)

In case it sheds further light, the output of inxi -r:

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Repos:
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
1: deb https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
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Thanks
Alan

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Is your user password the same as your admin/root one?

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[Member alpage2]

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Yes – password for user and root is the same – not good security, I know, but makes things a bit simpler for me. Could that be the problem?

One other thing that I just noticed. When using sudo packageinstaller in a terminal, after the password request, it issued:

QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to ‘/tmp/runtime-root’

Alan

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I’m not 100% certain, but I think it is the cause.

You can change root password (if you want) by

sudo passwd root

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[Member alpage2]

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Yes – I changed the password and it seems to have fixed the problem. When I launch the package installer from the quick-launch icon, again it does not ask for a password, but this time it does successfully install the selected package.

Many thanks for finding the final solution. 🙂

Alan

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alpage2 wrote:

Many thanks for those suggestions.

sudo packageinstaller worked fine – it asked for my password, then launched the package installer, and I successfully installed one of the packages. Previously, launching the package manager from the menu, it had not asked for a password, so is looking like a permissions problem?
(Although synaptic did not ask for a password either, and it still installed a package with no problems)

Thanks
Alan

so when it didn’t ask for a password, did the packageinstaller actually open? looking at your report, I’m unclear and where the problem with the packageinstaller was except that it closed. were you able to start running an installation, and if so, which one?

on the password querys, the system will not ask for a password if a sudo operation has already been completed. by default the system caches sudo password for 10 minutes.

[Member alpage2]

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dolphin_oracle wrote:

so when it didn’t ask for a password, did the packageinstaller actually open? looking at your report, I’m unclear and where the problem with the packageinstaller was except that it closed. were you able to start running an installation, and if so, which one?

on the password querys, the system will not ask for a password if a sudo operation has already been completed. by default the system caches sudo password for 10 minutes.

When I opened the packageinstaller, it appeared to run just fine. I selected numerous additional packages by ticking their boxes – too many to recall now – and then hit the install button. The packageinstaller window remained open for a short while – but intuitively it seemed too short to have downloaded and installed all the selected packages, and then spontaneously, it closed. On inspection, none of the selected packages appeared to have been installed.

If you would like to investigate this in further detail, I’ll be happy to try reproducing this by changing the root password back and try to install a named package, then provide any requested logs, etc – just let me know.

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I suspect that if there is a problem, its with a particular package routine and not actually the password prompt.

[Member lgj100]

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I can confirm the behavior described above. The package installer doesn’t work properly, and it is not a password issue.

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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lgj100 wrote:

I can confirm the behavior described above. The package installer doesn’t work properly, and it is not a password issue.

If you want help, you’ll need to give details.

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[Member lgj100]

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When I check a package to install in the packageinstaller, the install process seems to finish normally, but it only takes a couple of seconds, less time than it would take to install a package, and checking shows that indeed nothing was installed. It doesn’t matter what package I try to install.

Sincerely,
Lars.

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Posters please: READ THE WHOLE THREAD I REPEAT what others have posted already.

Please also note when a thread is marked solved a call for help is misplaced and may end up overlooked..

without details how can you expect useful,helpful, or any answer at all

Include what you were trying to install, which repos are you using.
Have you confirmed the repos were not down at that moment in time, changed the repo, some are in these troubled times unreliable. Repo may have been updating or even non existant due Internet drops server issues.
All above experienced over the years.

Non experts can use the application in the control center to find the fastest repo for given location, it may not be the nearest one dont let that bug you.

Here in Germany Aachen is often a bad choice, priority is on students needs and time for admins or free storage tight.

sudo apt update and sudo apt install package name. can help to identify any problems as you can see the messages in console, copy or screenshot them.
A big help if things go wrong and you are, after some search machine usage unable to solve problem or problems
without the unpaid support of forum members or devs.

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[Member lgj100]

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Hi there,

I can confirm that it is not my repos. They work fine. When the package installer doesn’t work, which is random, I use “apt install package” and there’s no problem. The problem is that the package installer works at random. After “packageinstaller” has completed its initial “apt-get update” it skips the “Installing packages” screen and then pops up the screen asking “Do you want to exit the package installer,” and nothing has been installed. This behavior doesn’t happen every time, but probably 80% of the time when I try to use “packageinstaller.” Any other way of installing packages works fine.

Sincerely,
lars.

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