Bug #11049

Additional software installation fails in Tails 2.0

Added by mercedes508 2016-02-03 12:05:53 . Updated 2016-02-19 12:08:27 .

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Resolved
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Normal
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2016-02-03
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Description

With persistence enabled (APT options) and a few software in the software.conf file, when Tor is ready the user get the following error message concerning additional software:

The upgrade failed. This might be due to a network problem. Please check your network connection, try to restart Tails, or read the system log to understand better the problem.

Reproduced a few times from a place where there is no network issue.

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Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #11142: Fix the documentation on additional software packages for Jessie Resolved 2016-02-19

History

#1 Updated by sajolida 2016-02-04 10:05:04

  • Status changed from Confirmed to New
  • Assignee set to mercedes508
  • QA Check set to Info Needed

I use this everyday and for me it works as good in 2.0 than it used to in 1.8. Can you check the output of journalctl -a | grep additional?

#2 Updated by mercedes508 2016-02-17 10:19:45

  • Status changed from New to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (mercedes508)
  • QA Check deleted (Info Needed)

Hi,

I tested it again, and it worked fine.

I figured out that it wasn’t working because I stupidly used the same packages as the ones on the documentation page (dia & fontmatrix) but there’s no fontmatrix package in Jessie…

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2016-02-19 10:48:43

  • Status changed from Resolved to New

> I figured out that it wasn’t working because I stupidly used the same packages as the ones on the documentation page (dia & fontmatrix) but there’s no fontmatrix package in Jessie…

Then the documentation should be fixed ⇒ setting back to New status, so that frontdesk can triage this bug that mercedes508 just reported. I guess we’ll want to either repurpose this ticket, or get a new one. Sounds like the fix will be trivial (bonus points if the translations are unfuzzied).

#4 Updated by elouann 2016-02-19 12:05:28

  • related to Bug #11142: Fix the documentation on additional software packages for Jessie added

#5 Updated by elouann 2016-02-19 12:08:27

  • Status changed from New to Resolved

Ticket opened, see Bug #11142
Any taker?