Cannon install *.deb file on Linux Mint

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. download the .deb file
2. start it
3. deb package appaer, click install.
4. it give a error "cannot find denscription"

Pidgin version : Latest
Purple library version (libpurple) : Latest
Operating System : Linux Mint 12

Original issue reported on code.google.com by xion...@gmail.com on 13 Jun 2012 at 2:32

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there is a way for fix it? :|

Original comment by xion...@gmail.com on 11 Aug 2012 at 12:32

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Hi, 
I also get same issue in Ubuntu 12.04. Moreover i am in luck. I just extract 
that package and remove a empty line(near the end) from control file. Rebuild 
that package and install it. 

Hope that will resolve your issue. 

Original comment by papse...@gmail.com on 14 Dec 2012 at 12:08

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Linux Mint 14 has same problem. I did follow papse, and it works.

Original comment by zhuzhu10...@gmail.com on 27 Apr 2013 at 4:03

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I have solution for it.

Use attached file.

Or if you want to modify it manually then create script debedit.sh with content:

[CODE]
#!/bin/bash

if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
  echo "Syntax: $0 debfile"
  exit 1
fi

DEBFILE="$1"
TMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/deb.XXXXXXXXXX` || exit 1
OUTPUT=`basename "$DEBFILE" .deb`.modfied.deb

if [[ -e "$OUTPUT" ]]; then
  echo "$OUTPUT exists."
  rm -r "$TMPDIR"
  exit 1
fi

dpkg-deb -x "$DEBFILE" "$TMPDIR"
dpkg-deb --control "$DEBFILE" "$TMPDIR"/DEBIAN

if [[ ! -e "$TMPDIR"/DEBIAN/control ]]; then
  echo DEBIAN/control not found.

  rm -r "$TMPDIR"
  exit 1
fi

CONTROL="$TMPDIR"/DEBIAN/control

MOD=`stat -c "%y" "$CONTROL"`
nano "$CONTROL"

if [[ "$MOD" == `stat -c "%y" "$CONTROL"` ]]; then
  echo Not modfied.
else
  echo Building new deb...
  dpkg -b "$TMPDIR" "$OUTPUT"
fi

rm -r "$TMPDIR"
[/CODE]

Then chmod +x debedit.sh
Run as ./debedit.sh pidgin-sendblabla.deb

Now delete line breaks from "Description:" so entire text will fit in one line
Example: "Description: 1.ble 2.ble 3.ble 4.nice program"

Save Ctrl +o
Exit Ctrl +x

Now install dpkg-i pidgin-sendblabla.modfied.deb

It works.

Original comment by darkan...@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2013 at 8:54

Attachments:

• pidgin-sendscreenshot-0.8-3-amd64.modfied.deb