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I upgraded a laptop from LL 3.8 to LL 4.2 via a clean install of LL 4.2 two days ago.  I think I've counted about three .deb files I needed to install post LL 4.2 upgrade.  When I click on the .deb file, gdebi opens, and I click on Install.  The window disappears, and nothing happens.  I resort to installing the software using the command line with the "sudo dpkg -i" approach.  That does work.

I have used the reinstallation option in Install/Remove Software on the gdebi package to no avail.  Any suggestions?

run: sudo gdebi yourfilename.deb and see what errors if any the terminal throws. It's more than likely a GTK problem.
May be related to this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sourc...ug/1760910

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[member=5916]trinidad[/member] ,


Thank you.  That link helped.  I had to make the following change to my gdebi.desktop file using the following:


I opened the file using the following command:


And I made the following change:


Change the following line:
Exec=gdebi-gtk %f


To this:
Exec=gksudo gdebi-gtk %f


I tested it on my google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb file.  Google Chrome was already installed, so I ran a Reinstallation, and things were better.  I saw things install instead of the window disappearing and nothing happening as before.