"Install Package" button disabled in Package installer for TrueCrypt

[vladu]

Hi,

I was trying to install TrueCrypt the other day, but the Install Package button is disabled in the package installer. You can check it out on http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads where you will download a binary which extracts the deb file.

Does anyone have a workaround this issue?

[Soul-Sing]

Try this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ight=truecrypt

[vladu]

I had run the script with

sudo sh truecrypt-6.2a-setup-ubuntu-x86

but i forgot to mention. Even so, the package installer behaves the same, it keeps the install button disabled.

[Soul-Sing]

You should not use the "deb" file.

[vladu]

You should not use the "deb" file.

The installer is really weird - it's easier to see why if you try it yourself. Anyway, it gives you two options:

1. You can either extract the .deb file and it then puts it into /temp or
2. You can "install" TrueCrypt which first leads you to a message showing you the license. If you accept, it automatically launches the same .deb file which I presume it also extracts in /temp.

So basically there's no way around the disabled install button.

[Soul-Sing]

I did several truecrypt installs, can't remember this as an issue.
Sorry...Maybe someone else?

[vladu]

Should I report this as a bug in Package installer - gdebi-gtk? After all, the TrueCrypt installer only unpacks a .deb file and launches it.

[ChrisWebb]

I can confirm the same behaviour - Ubuntu Jaunty 64 bit. Guess it's a problem with the deb file.