Eerror message: There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks. Please report this error at http://launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug and retry.

[Lee W Reed]

I keep getting the following error message: There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks. Please report this error at http://launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug and retry. Can you help me fix this?

[Airdesk2000 (airdesk2000)]

When I install Wine for running windows program, I met similar problem. That is, I can't install wine from the software center or from command lines. This is the bug detail:
raceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 779, in simulate
    return self._simulate_helper(trans, status_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 958, 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 ttf-mscorefonts-installer package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.
Could someone help us, many thanks!

[Barney (b-reeves730)]

I don't appear to be able to install ANYTHING using the Ubuntu software centre (10.10).

Here are the details I'm getting, in case it helps.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 779, in simulate
    return self._simulate_helper(trans, status_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 958, 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 ttf-mscorefonts-installer package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.

I re-installed Ubuntu 10.10 today due to problems with 11.04 (windows jumping to a different position whenever I clicked the mouse), and am hoping I won't have to repeat the reinstall to correct this error.

[Barney (b-reeves730)]

Update. I hope this helps someone.

There's another thread on this subject - https://bugs.launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+bug/682870

I found the following comment helpful

Fernando Cuevas Chavarria wrote on 2011-03-27: #11
Just reinstal the package apt in synaptic

Despite being a complete Linux Newbie, I was able to do as he suggested, reinstalling aptdaemon using Synaptic, and now everything seems to be ok.

It's not for the faint-hearted though. Things CAN go wrong, so be careful.

[Jgsc20262 (jgsc20262)]

I tried to install Chrome browser -- I shall try installing it using synaptic

[Aditya Narayan Rout (aditya-narayan37)]

this is the error-There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks. Please report this error at http://launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug and retry.-PLEASE HELP ME FIX THIS....

[Henk Eijkenaar (h-eijkenaar)]

Trying to install nokununtusp (nokia suite) and get the same error as above.
Try to reinstall apt in synaptic but get the same error again.

[Jay (jay-kakwani)]

i got the same error after installing wine 1.3, now i am unable to install/uninstall any software in ubuntu.

Here are the error details -

There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks.

[Jay (jay-kakwani)]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 968, in simulate
    trans.unauthenticated = self._simulate_helper(trans)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 1092, in _simulate_helper
    return depends, self._cache.required_download, \
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 235, in required_download
    pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records)
SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate a file for the wine1.3-gecko package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.