Aptdaemon failure while using Ubuntu Software Center

Bug #871589 reported by retrodoggie
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Aptdaemon
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aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

While attempting to install some new software through Ubuntu Software Centre, this error came up after beginning to attempt to download the data required for installation. The error is as follows:
"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.
Details:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 968, in simulate
    trans.unauthenticated = self._simulate_helper(trans)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 1092, in _simulate_helper
    return depends, self._cache.required_download, \
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 235, in required_download
    pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records)
SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate a file for the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package."

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: aptdaemon 0.43+bzr697-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
Annotation: Applying software changes failed
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 9 22:31:53 2011
DesktopFile: /usr/share/aptdaemon/aptdaemon.desktop
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/aptd
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20111007.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: aptdaemon
Title: <type 'exceptions.SystemError'>: E:I wasn't able to locate a file for the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.
TransactionDepends: [[], [], [], [], [], [], []]
TransactionErrorCode: error-unknown
TransactionKwargs: {}
TransactionLocale: en_CA.UTF-8
TransactionOutput:

TransactionPackages: [[dbus.String(u'gnome-color-chooser')], [], [], [], [], []]
TransactionRole: role-commit-packages
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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retrodoggie (mairinade) wrote :
summary: - <type 'exceptions.SystemError'>: E:I wasn't able to locate a file for
- the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package. This might mean you need to
- manually fix this package.
+ Aptdaemon failure while using Ubuntu Software Center
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #858707, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
visibility: private → public
visibility: private → public
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in aptdaemon (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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