Unable to do updates in Ubuntu 11.10
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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aptdaemon (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I am using Ubuntu 11.10:
Error shown by update manager:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/
trans.
File "/usr/lib/
return depends, self._cache.
File "/usr/lib/
pm.
SystemError: E:Method has died unexpectedly!, E:Sub-process returned an error code (100), E:Method /usr/lib/
Error shown by sudo apt-get upgrade command:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
app-install-
banshee-
ghostscript-x gnome-settings-
kde-runtime-data kdebase-runtime kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins
kdoctools libgs9 libgs9-common libgweather-3-0 libgweather-common
libkatepartin
libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5 libkdnssd4 libkemoticons4 libkfile4 libkhtml5
libkidletime4 libkio5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4 libkmediaplayer4
libknewstuff3-4 libknotifyconfig4 libkntlm4 libkparts4 libkpty4
libkrosscore4 libktexteditor4 libmono-
libnepomukquery4a libnepomukutils4 libplasma3 libpolkit-qt-1-1 libsolid4
libsoprano4 libthreadweaver4 mobile-
plasma-
58 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Failed to exec method /usr/lib/
E: Method has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process returned an error code (100)
E: Method /usr/lib/
Error shown by synaptic package manager when clicking "Mark all Upgrades" and "Apply":
E: Method has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process returned an error code (100)
E: Method /usr/lib/
E: Unable to lock the download directory
summary: |
- 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. + Unable to do updates in Ubuntu 11.10 |
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 659438, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.