update-apt-xapian-index crashed with ImportError in /usr/share/apt-xapian-index/plugins/software-center.py: cannot import name index_name

[Tony C.]

Got this after trying to run update .

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.44ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-2.2-generic 3.5.0-rc4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-2-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.2.5-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 30 09:41:26 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
ExecutableTimestamp: 1325298588
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120626.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --update -q
ProcCwd: /root
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--update', '-q']
SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with ImportError in /usr/share/apt-xapian-index/plugins/software-center.py: cannot import name index_name
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

This is a result of an API change in software center:

    revno: 3045.3.2
    committer: Natalia B. Bidart <email address hidden>
    branch nick: birth-of-a-website.1
    timestamp: Mon 2012-06-25 14:40:17 -0300
    message:
      - Added support for parsing the "website" field from commercial apps.
      - Made a not minor refactoring to the Xapian doc builder, as per mvo's request.

So at minimum, software-center needs to add a Breaks against the current version of apt-xapian-index. But I don't know if this breaking is intentional. Can someone from the software center side have a look at this and decide what needs to be done?

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Setting to critical, it breaks all quantal image builds that contain software-center (LP: #1019535)

[Bence Lukács (lukacs-bence1)]

Also affects me on 12.10 Quantal.

[Melroy van den Berg (melroyvandenberg)]

Me too

[C Schilder (cschilder)]

Affects me also on the 12.10. Alpha 2 build.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

No Breaks should be needed; this a-x-i plugin is shipped by software-center itself.

My guess at a possible fix is http://paste.ubuntu.com/1067313/

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.3.3.1

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software-center (5.3.3.1) quantal; urgency=low

  * fix apt-xapian-index plugin (LP: #1019581)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:09:21 +0200

[Marko Preuss (marko-preuss)]

hello
Update manager error ?
Terminal open not complete
JOSM work not new version
"
cd /usr/share/josm
sudo wget --timestamping http://josm.openstreetmap.de/download/josm-tested.jar
sudo chmod +x josm-tested.jar
sudo rm josm.jar
sudo ln -s josm-tested.jar josm.jar

"
This has correct work ?

Error Report not IT conection ??
language pack de not complete?
Synaptic has updates - update manager has not updates ?

[Rachel Greenham (rachel-strangenoises)]

i have software-center 5.3.3.1 and apt-xapian-index 0.44ubuntu5 (ie: quantal system made up to date just now) and just got this error again after login after reboot. Got dialogue saying it was already reported and it opened browser window to here; got here and it says it's fixed in releases I have so thought it might be worth mentioning it still happened to me :-)

[tsj (ts3141592)]

Same error, 5.3.3.1 Software Centre on a fully updated 12.10 alpha 2.

[dean (deano-k32)]

i still keep getting this error as well, even after the update-

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Hmm, with today's updates, I do not get this error. Software Center 5.3.3.1.

Rachel, it seems you rebooted with the update and still get the error? I wonder if you could try again today just to verify, as it is working for me now? Thanks in advance!!

Many thanks for everyone's help!