Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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AppStream |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
appstream (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 without being connected to the internet because when connected to the internet the install would lock up at the point that ubuntu was "Retrieving 56 of 56".
Installation (without internet) was successful, then I connected to the internet and tried to update:
The update-process seemed to be stuck, so I discovered that the command appstreamcli was at 100% processor utilization indefinitely.
When I kill that process the update fails. This is clearly a bug, but hopefully someone can suggest a work-around until it is fixed.
user@pc:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://
Hit:2 http://
Get:3 http://
Get:4 http://
Fetched 281 kB in 0s (387 kB/s)
Terminated
Reading package lists... Done
E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update:
E: Sub-process returned an error code
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: appstream 0.9.4-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 19 19:08:30 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-19 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
TERM=xterm-
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: appstream
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
information type: | Public → Public Security |
information type: | Public Security → Private Security |
information type: | Private Security → Public |
Changed in appstream (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.