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  1. Hirsute (21.04)
  2. Bug #1522675
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dino99 (9d9) wrote : /root/.synaptic/ not created

Recently we got new versions for synaptic & apt, but now get that error when installing/upgrading some packages:

Setting up libc6-dbg:amd64 (2.21-0ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu5) ...
W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_cl' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

From nautilus, i'm seeing a /root/ folder locked (x on its icon) and the folder is empty (no /.synaptic/ sub-folder or file), so the above error.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: synaptic 0.82+build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-1.10-generic 4.3.0
Uname: Linux 4.3.0-1-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Dec 4 05:23:25 2015
SourcePackage: synaptic
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)