The package cache file is corrupted
Bug #304792 reported by
Dereck Wonnacott
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #257639: E: The package cache file is corrupted E: _cache->open() failed, please report..
Edit
Remove
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
synaptic (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Low
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: synaptic
E: The package cache file is corrupted
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
I was checking for updates when this little treat greeted me this morning. I'm not too sure what log files would be useful, so do ask for them.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: synaptic 0.62.1ubuntu10
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic x86_64
To post a comment you must log in.
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please run:
$ apt-config dump | grep Update
Also, could you please check if you have "packagekit" installed?
Thanks in advance.