cant istall packages from ubuntu software
Hello, last night i tried to istall xpdf from ubuntu software center. When about half of the bar was fulled, it got stuck , and (ffs) there was an interruption of power !!!! About 5 minutes later , when power was restored, i tried to istall again xpdf and the following message occured :
An unhandlable error occured
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://
Details
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/
return self._simulate_
File "/usr/lib/
return depends, status, self._cache.
File "/usr/lib/
pm.
SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate file for the gsfonts-x11 package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.
The point is that the very exact message shows up when i try to install any other package from Ubuntu Software Center, even games !!
what can be done to fix this ?
Thank for your time
If possible , email me with your answer :)
Question information
- Language:
- English Edit question
- Status:
- Solved
- For:
- Aptdaemon Edit question
- Assignee:
- No assignee Edit question
- Solved by:
- George
- Solved:
- 2011-05-16
- Last query:
- 2011-05-16
- Last reply:
- 2011-05-14
Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) said : | #1 |
This is a long standing error and we haven't yet found the root of it. So it would be very nice if you could assist here by providing us more data and information - before you resolve it.
Could you please make a copy of the following directories and files and send it to me?
/var/cache/
/var/lib/apt/lists
/var/lib/
/etc/apt/
/etc/apt/
/var/log/dpkg.log
Furthermore you could start aptdameon in debug mode and also send me the output. Run the following command in a terminal:
sudo aptd -td --replace
And install something in software-center.
Afterwards you could run the following commands to resolve the issue:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -f
It would be nice to have the output from the above commands too.
Thanks!
mundayi michel (mundayimichel) said : | #2 |
I can't install a package from ubuntu and I can't read my DVD/CD from ubuntu
George (gemistass) said : | #3 |
Thanks for your help, but i solved the problem at the same day.
I just removed xpdf (sudo apt-get remove xpdf) , and installed it again (sudo apt-get install xpdf), and the problem magically solved :)