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Launch helper exited with unknown return code 127

Bug #845066 reported by haddog on 2011-09-08

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #613412: packagekit in maverick causes error in apt operations. Edit Remove

This bug affects 15 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apt (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

"Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 127"

Getting the above message after every apt-get. What is it and how do I fix? apt-get is updating and upgrading but I have not yet been able to resolve the above error.

I am running Ubuntu oneiric (developmental branch) release 11.10, 3.0.0-10-generic #16-Ubuntu SMP kernel.

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) on 2011-09-08

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

RussianNeuroMancer (russianneuromancer) on 2011-09-08

affects:

unity-2d → apt (Ubuntu)

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) on 2011-09-08

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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haddog (hhadley) wrote on 2011-09-09:

Update. This error message only occurs during apt-get update.

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Marc Cheng (bdgraue) wrote on 2011-09-09:

it is not only via apt-get update.
i also get an errormessage if i try to update via software center

An unknown error happened.

seems to be connected somehow.

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iMac (imac-netstatz) wrote on 2011-09-09:

Also seeing this message on apt-get update, nothing in logs; I wonder if this is an unknown return value per this comment in another bug, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/+bug/576438/comments/6