no softwares can be installed in ubuntu 10.10 . a message stating that an 'unhandlable error' has occured is displayed
Bug #668977 reported by
NAVAGAT PRAKASH
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #659438: Installation/Removal fails because of package which could not be located (failure in apt.Cache.required_download).
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Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Aptdaemon |
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Bug Description
i am attaching a screenshot of the message displayed
an error message is displayed after i click on the 'install' option for any software in the software center.
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hey the problem got fixed..
the following was the detailed error i was getting from aptdaemon::
File "/usr/lib/ python2. 6/dist- packages/ aptdaemon/ worker. py", line 768, in simulate helper( trans, status_path) python2. 6/dist- packages/ aptdaemon/ worker. py", line 936, in _simulate_helper required_ download, \ python2. 6/dist- packages/ apt/cache. py", line 218, in required_download archives( fetcher, self._list, self._records)
return self._simulate_
File "/usr/lib/
return depends, status, self._cache.
File "/usr/lib/
pm.get_
SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate file for the mysqmail package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.
i entered the following code in the terminal
sudo apt-get install mysqmail
and rebooted..
all working fine now... (: