programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks.
Bug #693138 reported by
mike
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #659438: Installation/Removal fails because of package which could not be located (failure in apt.Cache.required_download).
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Bug Description
An unhandlable error occured
There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks. Please report this error at http://
i will not let me install any plugins or uninstall any programs
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This bug appears to have been generated when I tried to install / fix a brother scanner system. Details from the software center error log are; python2. 6/dist- packages/ aptdaemon/ worker. py", line 769, in simulate helper( trans, status_path) python2. 6/dist- packages/ aptdaemon/ worker. py", line 948, in _simulate_helper required_ download, \ python2. 6/dist- packages/ apt/cache. py", line 218, in required_download get_archives( fetcher, self._list, self._records)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/
return self._simulate_
File "/usr/lib/
return depends, status, self._cache.
File "/usr/lib/
pm.
SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate file for the brscan package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.