Western Quake mintInstall problem

[Triskal]

I've been able to install a few different programs through mintInstall, but I'm having a problem with Western Quake. Immediately after mintInstall launches, it closes without giving any error messages, etc. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[thomasmoens]

I have the same problem.
And i also had it when I tried to install Skype using MintInstall.

[exploder]

Same here too.

[kanishka]

I have the same problem.
And i also had it when I tried to install Skype using MintInstall.

Remeber that Skype requests a license agreement during install: if you open the Details in the mintInstall window, you will read it. You must type Y to complete installation.

[clem]

Thanks guys, you found a bug in mintInstall

Cause

mintInstall checks to see if the package is installed (for instance.. skype). But at the stage, before you click install, it's still using YOUR repositories.. not its own.. so if the package is not in the repository, it fails miserably

Fix

Use a fallback on the call to the cache. I'll fix that very soon.

Workaround

The reason you don't have skype in your cache is because you're pointing at the old address for medibuntu. Update your /etc/apt/sources.list:

http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3138

Clem

[clem]

Same bug for western-quake3, it's in Romeo... which you don't have enabled by default

Note: Only people running the latest mintInstall get this bug. I'll fix it today or at the week end. It should prevent you from installing anything that's not in the default repos at the moment (pretty bad bug you may say)

Clem

[Triskal]

Worked like a charm. Thanks!