[SOLVED]Software manager dont start

[Vilsen]

After upgrading to MINT 21 Mate I cant get software manager to work.

Any ?

[Dan-cer]

Reinstall?

[sleeper12]

Try, one line at a time:

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apt reinstall mintinstall 
mintinstall

[Vilsen]

It didn´t work:

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test@a7R4:~$ apt reinstall mintinstall
[sudo] password for test:
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
  mint install
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  acpi{u} crudini{u} python3-iniparse{u}
0 packages to upgrade, 0 to reinstall, 1 to reinstall, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to download 3760 KB archive. After unpacking, 206 KB of disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
Read: 1 http://packages.linuxmint.com vanessa/main amd64 mintinstall all 8.1.2 [3760 kB]
Downloaded 3760 KB in 11s (336 KB/s)
(Reading database ... 418079 files and directories installed.)
Removing acpi (1.7-1.1ubuntu1) ...
Removing crudini (0.9.3-5) ...
Removing python3-iniparse (0.4-3) ...
(Reading database ... 418044 files and directories installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../mintinstall_8.1.2_all.deb ...
Unpacking mintinstall (8.1.2) over (8.1.2) ...
Setting up mintinstall (8.1.2) ...
Listing '/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintinstall'...
Handling triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.6+22.04.20220217-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Handles triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26+mint1+vanessa) ...
Handling triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Handling triggers for doc-base (0.11.1) ...
Processing 1 deleted docbase file…
Handling triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Handling triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.72.1-1) ...
Handling triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Handling triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
test@a7R4:~$

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test@a7R4:~$ mintinstall
MintInstall: Detected system architecture: 'x86_64'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintinstall/mintinstall.py", line 635, in do_activate
    if self.installer.init_sync():
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mintcommon/installer/installer.py", line 154, in init_sync
    if self._fp_remotes_have_changed():
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mintcommon/installer/installer.py", line 229, in _fp_remotes_have_changed
    fp_remotes = self.list_flatpak_remotes()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mintcommon/installer/installer.py", line 346, in list_flatpak_remotes
    return _flatpak.list_remotes()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mintcommon/installer/_flatpak.py", line 810, in list_remotes
    fp_sys = get_fp_sys()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mintcommon/installer/_flatpak.py", line 68, in get_fp_sys
    _fp_sys = Flatpak.Installation.new_system(None)
gi.repository.GLib.GError: g-io-error-quark: While opening repository /var/lib/flatpak/repo: opening repo: opendir(/var/lib/flatpak/repo): The file or directory does not exist (1 )
test@a7R4:~$

[sleeper12]

Not good...all I can say is try Timeshift or reinstall Mint. Of course, someone else might offer a better idea.

[Vilsen]

Well , I spent a whole day upgrading to mint mate 21 so ....

[Cosmo.]

The op gets an error message and posted it here: viewtopic.php?p=2213225#p2213225

Open software sources and disable all PPAs.

[Termy]

Have you made any changes to Python?

[sleeper12]

Not suggesting this solution, but it could be Python related as it was here: viewtopic.php?f=47&t=364459&hilit=mintinstall

[Vilsen]

Not that I know about .

There must be a way of checking if those are
OK .

Or: can I do a clean re-install of them ??

[spamegg]

Hello Vilsen,

I had this exact same bug, and I reported it, but they told me that they cannot reproduce it.
https://github.com/linuxmint/mint21-beta/issues/164 I could not post any updates because they archived the repository right when I was testing.

What you need to do is install Flatpak: apt install flatpak If it's already installed, you might have to reinstall: apt reinstall flatpak

If you want to have Flatpak removed, and Software Manager to work correctly with Flatpak removed, you also have to remove gir1.2-flatpak-1.0 with apt remove gir1.2-flatpak-1.0.

Right now I have Flatpak removed and Software Manager working correctly. Here's what it says when I launch it:

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 ➜ mintinstall
MintInstall: Detected system architecture: 'x86_64'
No flatpak support, install flatpak and gir1.2-flatpak-1.0 and restart mintinstall to enable it.
Installer: User pkgcache is most recent, using it.
MintInstall: Deleting old screenshots

and it launches OK. This means the two problematic packages are flatpak and gir1.2-flatpak-1.0. They have to be either both installed, or both removed.

[Vilsen]

WHY ???

What has "flatpak" to do with my Software Manager ???

I don´t wanrt flatpak !

Seriously ...---...

[antikythera]

Technically it's an app store, the real software manager is synaptic package manager which is a graphical interface for the apt cli. Flatpak integration is enabled for simplicity of new users who want packages like Google Chrome or anything else cross-platform not in the traditional repositories. Be grateful snap isn't a thing too with Mint

Synaptic package manager is not affected by this as it will not ever support flatpak, snap or appimage.

[spamegg]

WHY ???

What has "flatpak" to do with my Software Manager ???

I don´t wanrt flatpak !

Seriously ...---...

Because Software Manager offers Flatpak apps too.

If you don't want it, just remove both packages I mentioned above. That fixes the bug.

[Termy]

[...]

Technically, it's a graphical interface for at least APT. Note the case. It's highly unlikely (because it would be silly) that it uses apt(8) (or especially the apt script found in Linux Mint) for its core functionality, given apt(8) itself is a CLI frontend to various APT and related tools. What you and the other poster are talking about to is commonly referred to as a software center, hence most of the programs for them are simply named Software Center in the main menus of various distributions/DEs.

But it's all convoluted, so I don't blame you or anyone for any confusion!

[Vilsen]

All these questions and all time wasted......... I am doing a NEW clean install
of Mint Mate 21 on my new computer so all of
the old problems just doesnt matter anymore , but:

I have a SSD with mint mate 19 installed from my
old computer and all is working
except the network interface.

Is there any way of fixing this without internet access ?
Remember that the network interface
is not working so I cant access the internet.

[Vilsen]

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test@a7R4:~$ mintinstall
MintInstall: Detected system architecture: 'x86_64'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintinstall/mintinstall.py", line 635, in do_activate
    if self.installer.init_sync():
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mintcommon/installer/installer.py", line 154, in init_sync
    if self._fp_remotes_have_changed():
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mintcommon/installer/installer.py", line 229, in _fp_remotes_have_changed
    fp_remotes = self.list_flatpak_remotes()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mintcommon/installer/installer.py", line 346, in list_flatpak_remotes
    return _flatpak.list_remotes()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mintcommon/installer/_flatpak.py", line 810, in list_remotes
    fp_sys = get_fp_sys()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mintcommon/installer/_flatpak.py", line 68, in get_fp_sys
    _fp_sys = Flatpak.Installation.new_system(None)
gi.repository.GLib.GError: g-io-error-quark: While opening repository /var/lib/flatpak/repo: opening repo: opendir(/var/lib/flatpak/repo): Filen eller katalogen finns inte (1)
test@a7R4:~$ 

it would be nice to have a functioning software manager until I hav efinished
all the work around the mysterious EFI-partiton mentioned here also................

Is there a quick fix to get it runnning again ? The PROGRAM MANAGER !

[spamegg]

Does this fix it?

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apt remove flatpak gir1.2-flatpak-1.0

Does this fix it?

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apt install flatpak gir1.2-flatpak-1.0

[Vilsen]

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test@a7R4:~$ apt remove flatpak gir1.2-flatpak-1.0
[sudo] lösenord för test:               
Läser paketlistor… Färdig
Bygger beroendeträd… Färdig
Läser tillståndsinformation… Färdig
Paketet ”flatpak” är inte installerat, så det tas inte bort
Följande paket kommer att TAS BORT:
  gir1.2-flatpak-1.0
0 att uppgradera, 0 att nyinstallera, 1 att ta bort och 0 att inte uppgradera.
Efter denna åtgärd kommer 80,9 kB att frigöras på disken.
Vill du fortsätta? [J/n] 
(Läser databasen ... 453556 filer och kataloger installerade.)
Tar bort gir1.2-flatpak-1.0:amd64 (1.12.7-1) ...
test@a7R4:~$ apt install flatpak gir1.2-flatpak-1.0
Läser paketlistor… Färdig
Bygger beroendeträd… Färdig
Läser tillståndsinformation… Färdig
Föreslagna paket:
  malcontent-gui
Följande NYA paket kommer att installeras:
  flatpak gir1.2-flatpak-1.0
0 att uppgradera, 2 att nyinstallera, 0 att ta bort och 0 att inte uppgradera.
Behöver hämta 1 329 kB arkiv.
Efter denna åtgärd kommer ytterligare 5 018 kB utrymme användas på disken.
Läs:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 flatpak amd64 1.12.7-1 [1 316 kB]
Läs:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 gir1.2-flatpak-1.0 amd64 1.12.7-1 [12,9 kB]
Hämtade 1 329 kB på 2s (623 kB/s)               
Väljer tidigare ej valt paket flatpak.
(Läser databasen ... 453551 filer och kataloger installerade.)
Förbereder att packa upp .../flatpak_1.12.7-1_amd64.deb ...
Packar upp flatpak (1.12.7-1) ...
Väljer tidigare ej valt paket gir1.2-flatpak-1.0:amd64.....................................] 
Förbereder att packa upp .../gir1.2-flatpak-1.0_1.12.7-1_amd64.deb ...
Packar upp gir1.2-flatpak-1.0:amd64 (1.12.7-1) ............................................................] 
Ställer in gir1.2-flatpak-1.0:amd64 (1.12.7-1) .....................................................] 
Ställer in flatpak (1.12.7-1) ...######..............................................................................] 
Hanterar utlösare för man-db (2.10.2-1) ...................................................................................] 
Hanterar utlösare för dbus (1.12.20-2ubuntu4) ...
Hanterar utlösare för doc-base (0.11.1) ........................................................................................] 
Behandlar 1 ny doc-base-fil…##############...........................................................................................] 
test@a7R4:~$ 

WOW ! THANKS A BUNCH MISTER ! IT WORKS ! THANKS !!!

[spamegg]

Great! Mark your top post as [SOLVED], thanks!