Package installer won't open

[vinoman]

Running gnome in MX 19 and when trying to open package installer it won't open. Is this a bug? How to fix this?

[dolphin_oracle]

make sure you have a polkit authentication agent installed and running. for what its worth I don't have a problem with gnome in the past but its been a while since I ran it.

[vinoman]

what is a polkit agent?

[dolphin_oracle]

policykit. its what is used to authenticate admin privledges. usually when mxpi won't start the user is missing the authentication daemon.

you could try launching from a terminal and supply the output. just run

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mx-packageinstaller

[vinoman]

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davek@mx:~
$ mx-packageinstaller
Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
davek@mx:~
$ Starting /usr/bin/mx-packageinstaller
Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
No protocol specified
qt.qpa.screen: QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display :1
Could not connect to any X display.

maybe its wayland, i'll try logging in with gnome with xorg

[vinoman]

here's with Gnome w/ Xorg

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davek@mx:~
$ mx-packageinstaller
davek@mx:~
$ Starting /usr/bin/mx-packageinstaller
mx-packageinstaller version: 21.4
+++ void MainWindow::setProgressDialog() +++
+++ void MainWindow::setup() +++
dpkg-query -f '${Version}' -W flatpak
"1.2.5-0+deb10u4"
arch
cat /etc/debian_version
"10.9"
grep -q -E '^[[:space:]]*deb[[:space:]][^#]*/mx/testrepo/?[^#]*[[:space:]]+test\b' $(ls /etc/apt/sources.list  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list 2>/dev/null)
+++ void MainWindow::loadPmFiles() +++
+++ void MainWindow::refreshPopularApps() +++
+++ QStringList MainWindow::listInstalled() +++
dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall | cut -f1
+++ void MainWindow::displayPopularApps() const +++

[vinoman]

Package installer opens now

[dolphin_oracle]

are you saying it opens on X but not on wayland?

[vinoman]

Yes.