linuxmint / linuxmint/mintinstall
UI seemingly stuck indefinitely after apparent successful uninstall of manually installed .deb
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Description
Some time ago, I installed Discord manually via the .deb from their website.
Today I decided to use the Software Manager to uninstall it, as I haven't used it in months (I got tired of the client updates and switched to the web version). I've let it run for over half an hour and there is still a busy spinner in place of the Uninstall button, with "Please be patient. This can take some time..." tooltip text. As far as I can verify with command-line tools, however, everything has been removed that ought to be (aside from some cache files that the .deb manifest presumably wouldn't know about).
I think this may be a regression of #105. While there is no longer a "progress bar" which can "get stuck at 99%", the symptoms appear similar.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Software Manager uninstall flow for a manually installed .deb and compare the behavior with regression report #105. The work is complete when a successful uninstall no longer leaves the Uninstall button spinning indefinitely or showing the patience tooltip.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100