gcm-prefs tries to install nonexistent shared-color-targets

We need precise steps to reproduce, please. The package shared-color-targets does not exist in any Debian or Ubuntu release, I'd be surprised if an Ubuntu package explicitly asked for it.

Sorry about that.

1 Start gcm-prefs.
2 Select a device that can be profiled, ie the "Create Profile for Device" button isn't greyed out. (In my case a Canon EOS Rebel XTi)
3 Click "Create Profile for Device"

Looking at the source, src/gcm-calibrate.c gcm_calibrate_device():

        /* install shared-color-targets package */
        has_shared_targets = g_file_test ("/usr/share/shared-color-targets", G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR);
        if (!has_shared_targets) {
#ifdef GCM_USE_PACKAGEKIT
                /* ask the user to confirm */
                dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new (window, GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT, GTK_MESSAGE_QUESTION, GTK_BUTTONS_NONE,
                                                 /* TRANSLATORS: title, usually we can tell based on the EDID data or output name */
                                                 _("Install missing files?"));

                /* TRANSLATORS: dialog message saying the color targets are not installed */
                g_string_append_printf (string, "%s ", _("Common color target files are not installed on this computer."));
                /* TRANSLATORS: dialog message saying the color targets are not installed */
                g_string_append_printf (string, "%s\n\n", _("Color target files are needed to convert the image to a color profile."));
                /* TRANSLATORS: dialog message, asking if it's okay to install them */
                g_string_append_printf (string, "%s\n\n", _("Do you want them to be installed?"));
                /* TRANSLATORS: dialog message, if the user has the target file on a CDROM then there's no need for this package */
                g_string_append_printf (string, "%s", _("If you already have the correct file, you can skip this step."));

Okay, well, there's no easy fix for that. A new package in Maverick now (let alone in Lucid) would probably be rejected. We can backport the PPA version, but that would probably take a while since it's a new package...

Wasn't expecting miracles here, just thought I'd point it out so it eventually gets fixed. Thanks for looking!

If there is any solution to this bug, please post it. I am really happy with gnome-color-manager on lucid. And it doesn't work without a fix on Marverick.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Still affects precise during calibration.

There are no targets installed so shared-color-targets is requested.

I can confirm that this bug still exists on precise too

this also effects me on 12.04

I've also run into this bug in 12.04.

Grabbing the deb shared-color-targets_0.1.0-0pmjdebruijn1~oneiric_all.deb from the ppa here https://launchpad.net/~pmjdebruijn/+archive/gcm-release/+packages

I'm running ubuntu 12.04 x64 so I can verify the 32bit deb will work fine on the 64 bit system but I am experiencing an issue of where to get any form of target image.

http://imagebin.org/221331 so if that is part of what others are experiencing here this would be lovely to have fixed. Or at least somewhat explained.

Same for me
3.2.0-35-generic-pae #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 18:04:39 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

No updates on this for 7 months? Please see duplicate bugs for more reproduction instructions.

same error to be continued . . .

Bug still exists in saucy. shared-color-targets package may have been replaced with icc-profiles(-free). See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633721

Bug still exists in artful.

Just change the name to icc-profiles from shared-color-targets. Is it so hard?