E:can not open /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpadcontent.net_cappelikan_ppa_ubuntu_dists_jammy_InRelease - fopen (13: Permission denied), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

[Daniel Lin]

E:can not open /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpadcontent.net_cappelikan_ppa_ubuntu_dists_jammy_InRelease - fopen (13: Permission denied), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: update-manager 1:22.04.18
Uname: Linux 5.15.146-0515146-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Aptdaemon:

Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Mar 4 21:24:05 2024
DpkgHistoryLog.txt:
 Start-Date: 2024-03-01 19:49:25
 Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.140'
 Upgrade: tzdata:amd64 (2023d-0ubuntu0.22.04, 2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04)
 End-Date: 2024-03-01 19:49:27
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-15 (1113 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

There are occasionally permission issues in APT like this, but sadly we never managed to reproduce them so we never have been able to figure out where it skips setting the right permission. If you can find a clean reproducer we can investigate further, but otherwise it's sadly not actionable.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for apt (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]