Q4OS Forum

Cliff_G

Member

Registered: 2017-11-02

Posts: 57

Permissions issue from Synaptic

Tried to install backuppc from Synaptic.

Synaptic has a greened "installed" indication for the program, but it doesn't appear anywhere in menus, searches etc nor from the terminal

At the end of install I had the message:

"W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"

which is presumably the problem

Any ideas? Thx in advance

Last edited by Cliff_G (2017-11-05 15:08)

q4osteam

Q4OS Team

Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 4,501

Website

Re: Permissions issue from Synaptic

Thanks for reporting, however we are not able to reproduce the message. Installing of 'backuppc' using Synaptic went fine here. Please describe the issue in more detail for us to be able to reproduce it, a screenshot would be helpful too. How exactly did the message look like ? A dialog or terminal output ?

Cliff_G

Member

Registered: 2017-11-02

Posts: 57

Re: Permissions issue from Synaptic

The message in post #1 was a cut and paste, so exactly as output.  It was a dialog box as far as I can remember but also echoed in the script window iirc.

I fully uninstalled it, then quit Synaptic, then opened Synaptic again and installed again.  No error message this time but the program has not found its way into the program menu (either by searching or under New Programs) and in Terminal window by typing backuppc at the prompt I get "command not found"

Screen shots attached. (can't find out how to load multiple files in one post)

---

Attachments:
1 before commit, Size: 104.43 KiB, Downloads: 977
2 apache server msg, Size: 73.05 KiB, Downloads: 991
3 password msg, Size: 101.71 KiB, Downloads: 983
4 prior to close, Size: 110.83 KiB, Downloads: 986
5 post close - installed, Size: 89.82 KiB, Downloads: 992

Cliff_G

Member

Registered: 2017-11-02

Posts: 57

Re: Permissions issue from Synaptic

Ah, I see, it uses a browser interface. Sorry, missed that !

And doesn't look to be at all what I need.

Last edited by Cliff_G (2017-11-05 21:17)

q4osteam

Q4OS Team

Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 4,501

Website

Re: Permissions issue from Synaptic

All screenshots look quite normal, no serious issue or error.

can't find out how to load multiple files in one post

Yes, it's a bit glitchy at the moment, but possible. You can attach one file, submit the post and then edit the post and add next attachment. Repeat editing as many times as needed.