update-manager fails when other pro bins are available
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
While attempting an upgrade with `sudo update-manager -dc` the program failed with the following error:
Unexpected error(s) occurred.
For more details, see the log: /var/log/
To file a bug run: ubuntu-bug ubuntu-
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
s = json.load(p.stdout)
File "/usr/lib/
return loads(fp.read(),
File "/usr/lib/
return _default_
File "/usr/lib/
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "/usr/lib/
raise JSONDecodeError
json.decoder.
I fixed it on my own machine by changing /usr/lib/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubuntu-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CrashDB: ubuntu
CrashReports:
640:1000:
600:117:
664:1000:
640:0:
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Mar 20 18:54:46 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-12-10 (101 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230807.2)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: ubuntu-
Symptom: ubuntu-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.