unhandlable error: programming error in aptdaemon message

[Peter Holmes]

I was directed to post results from the Package Manager Troubleshoot Procedure, which are below. ( I get this: "an unhandable 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://launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug and retry.") Plus you will see additional attempted install via terminal at bottom.

I am a beginner, and I got a third of the way , made a mistake and started over, so this is what I got. hope I didn't mess things up.

holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
[sudo] password for holmzie:
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ uname -a
Linux holmzie-Dimension-8300 2.6.35-28-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 14:40:58 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists/lock': No such file or directory
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg [72B]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg [316B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/kamalmostafa/fldigi/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Get:4 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release [9762B]
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release [9743B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release [39.8kB]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources [747B]
Get:10 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources [668B]
Get:11 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages [700B]
Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Packages [770B]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release [31.4kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release [31.4kB]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources [829kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources [4370B]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources [4179kB]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources [151kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages [1492kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages [5992B]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages [5791kB]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages [183kB]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources [90.7kB]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources [778B]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources [36.2kB]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources [1498B]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages [251kB]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages [1797B]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages [107kB]
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [2834B]
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main Sources [31.0kB]
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted Sources [14B]
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe Sources [12.1kB]
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse Sources [643B]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main i386 Packages [110kB]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted i386 Packages [14B]
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe i386 Packages [49.5kB]
Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1659B]
Fetched 13.5MB in 2min 47s (80.6kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/kamalmostafa/fldigi/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ unhandlable error
unhandlable: command not found

At this point I tried something someone else did in a Ubunto Forum:

holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ cd ~/Downloads; sudo dpkg -i ./wspr_2.00r1714_i386.deb
[sudo] password for holmzie:
dpkg: error processing ./wspr_2.00r1714_i386.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ./wspr_2.00r1714_i386.deb
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~/Downloads$

Hope I didn't mess things up. Here is another attempt, install code from the the author of WSPR:

holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$ sudo dpkg --instdir=. -i wspr_2.00r1714_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing wspr_2.00r1714_i386.deb (--install):
 unable to open file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci//.svn': Is a directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 wspr_2.00r1714_i386.deb
holmzie@holmzie-Dimension-8300:~$

[dave (dave-ruchpaul)]

i don't see how this helps

[riehime23 (riehime23)]

aha! same goes to me... what should we do??

[John Jak (ineedarole)]

How am i going to fix this?

[riehime23 (riehime23)]

yesterday my friend fixed it for me.
by using terminal.... he use this code:

sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

if u still using apt-get,then u have do follow this code:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

wish u luck...

[dree (cutecodewz)]

i've tried sudo apt-get dist-upgrade,but still there's problem
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

[Andrea Hall (ajh432)]

In trying to upgrade my netbook from 10.04 I get a similar prob:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 179, in _process_transaction
    self.commit_packages(*self.trans.packages)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 227, in commit_packages
    self._commit_changes()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 738, in _commit_changes
    self._cache.commit(fetch_progress, inst_progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/deprecation.py", line 98, in deprecated_function
    return func(*args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 427, in commit
    res = self.install_archives(pm, install_progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/deprecation.py", line 98, in deprecated_function
    return func(*args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 394, in install_archives
    install_progress.finish_update()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/progress.py", line 264, in finish_update
    lock.status_lock.acquire()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/lock.py", line 66, in acquire
    raise LockFailedError(self.path, process)
LockFailedError

Any suggestions for this beginer?