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"SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate file in the rar package"

Bug #672726 reported by Matthias Goliath on 2010-11-08

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). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	software-center (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: software-center

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 768, in simulate
    return self._simulate_helper(trans, status_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 938, in _simulate_helper
    return depends, status, self._cache.required_download, \
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 218, in required_download
    pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records)
SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate file for the rar package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: software-center 3.0.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 8 20:44:44 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_DE.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center

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Matthias Goliath (matteoaufnahme) wrote on 2010-11-08:

Dependencies.txt Edit (6.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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flipefr (flipefr) wrote on 2010-11-09:

Thanks for taking the time to report his bug and comment on it. However, I've noticed that this bug has been Confirmed although there is not clear indication as to how to recreate this bug. Subsequently, I'm setting its status to Incomplete until that information is provided. You can learn more about bug statuses at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) on 2010-11-10

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → New
summary:	- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist- - packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 768, in simulate return - self._simulate_helper(trans, status_path) File - "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 938, in - _simulate_helper return depends, status, - self._cache.required_download, \ File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist- - packages/apt/cache.py", line 218, in required_download - pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records) SystemError: E:I - wasn't able to locate file for the rar package. This might mean you need - to manually fix this package. + "SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate file in the rar package"

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Kiwinote (kiwinote) wrote on 2010-11-10:

Hi Matthias! Thanks for your bug report. The bug you describe is being tracked in an already existing bug report, so I will mark this bug as a duplicate of the other one. Please continue to report any bugs you may find in software-center. Thanks again for your help!