I'm trying to install a .deb package in Natty using gdebi package installer:
But when I click "Install", the following error message comes up:
Also, when I try to install anything from the Software Center, nothing happens. I'm guessing this is related to the above error.
Could someone please help me out with this?
EDIT: My home folder does not have a .Xauthority file.
Please check the permission, user name and user group of .Xauthority
ls -la ~/.Xauthority
It needs to be owned by you and the permissions should be -rw-------
To alter name and group:
sudo chown youruser:youruser ~/.Xauthority
To alter persmission to -rw-------
chmod u+rw ~/.Xauthority
(Replace youruser by your username.)
If this is the cause: Did you install anything prior to this package or issue sudo commands? There are some things in the past that I saw messing up the permission for this file. Notably things like samba, sudo ssh.
Here is what I found by simple Googling,
First make sure that users .Xauthority file is present in their home directory and make sure it has the correct permissions. running
ls -l /home/username/.Xauthorityshould result in this output:
-rw------- 1 username username 319 2008-08-22 19:35 .Xauthority
If it doesn't look like that, you may have to change the ownership and permissions manually: sudo chmod 600 /home/username/.Xauthority sudo chown username:username /home/user/.Xauthority Be sure to change all instances of username to the correct username.
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