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pango1.0 package

Removing libpango1.0-0 broke Minecraft Launcher

Bug #1869716 reported by Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
pango1.0 (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
pango1.0 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

I just updated my machine, and when I did libpango1.0-0 was removed. This removed minecraft-launcher - the (very) popular launcher for Minecraft Java edition.

I have reported this upstream, in case they can update their package https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCL-13512

I am filing this bug so we can track it internally. I personally think this shouldn't have been done this late in the cycle, but there may well have been good reasons for it.

As a result of the change though, it's now not possible to install Minecraft on Ubuntu 20.04.

$ sudo apt install ./Minecraft\(1\).deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'minecraft-launcher' instead of './Minecraft(1).deb'
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 minecraft-launcher : Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in pango1.0 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in pango1.0 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Mason Loring Bliss (y-mason) wrote :

Note: In Bionic - I haven't checked exhaustively - libpango1.0-0 is a transitional package, and
libpango-1.0-0 is the actual package. Perhaps Focal Fossa should continue to ship the transitional
package to keep Minecraft folk from encountering this. Not sure what policy applies.

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Mason Loring Bliss (y-mason) wrote :

And RikMills notes:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango1.0/1.44.7-2ubuntu1

Rik Mills (rikmills)
Changed in pango1.0 (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote :

This doesn't seem properly fixed...

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of minecraft-launcher:
 minecraft-launcher depends on libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0); however:
  Package libpango1.0-0 is not installed.
  Version of libpango1.0-0 on system, provided by libpango-1.0-0:amd64, is <none>.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The fixed version is still in proposed, it didn't migrate yet...

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote :

I have proposed enabled.

$ apt-cache policy libpango-1.0-0
libpango-1.0-0:
  Installed: 1.44.7-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.44.7-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.44.7-2ubuntu1 500
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.44.7-2 500
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

THanks, I guess the provide needs to be version, new revision on his way...

Rik Mills (rikmills)
Changed in pango1.0 (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → In Progress
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango1.0/1.44.7-2ubuntu2

Changed in pango1.0 (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote :

Tested with the latest packages in proposed and it's fixed, I can now install and play Minecraft. Thank you! <3

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Bill (franksmcb) (franksmcb) wrote :

Tested with latest packages in proposed Ubuntu MATE and able to install and use balena-etcher-electron.

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psymin (psymin) wrote :

Tested with libpango-1.0-0_1.44.7-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb and libpango-1.0-0_1.44.7-2ubuntu2_i386.deb from #8 above.

Worked for Minecraft.deb on Xubuntu

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Owen (osavill-z) wrote :

It's not just Minecraft, it's DropBox-2020 and BitDefender as well. I'm sure there are others as well.

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Alkis Georgopoulos (alkisg) wrote :

Anydesk too. Thanks for the fix! :)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package pango1.0 - 1.44.7-2ubuntu2

---------------
pango1.0 (1.44.7-2ubuntu2) focal; urgency=medium

  * debian/control.in:
    - version the provide, that seems needed for some of those closed
      source softwares (lp: #1869716)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:58:10 +0200

Changed in pango1.0 (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Owen (osavill-z) wrote :

Thank you

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in pango1.0 (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in pango1.0 (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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