[Bug 871589] Re: Aptdaemon failure while using Ubuntu Software Center

[Matthew]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 858707 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/858707

** Also affects: aptdaemon
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Aptdaemon failure while using Ubuntu Software Center

Status in Aptdaemon:
  New
Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  While attempting to install some new software through Ubuntu Software Centre, this error came up after beginning to attempt to download the data required for installation. The error is as follows:
  "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.
  Details:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 968, in simulate
      trans.unauthenticated = self._simulate_helper(trans)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 1092, in _simulate_helper
      return depends, self._cache.required_download, \
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 235, in required_download
      pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records)
  SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate a file for the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package."

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: aptdaemon 0.43+bzr697-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  Annotation: Applying software changes failed
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Oct  9 22:31:53 2011
  DesktopFile: /usr/share/aptdaemon/aptdaemon.desktop
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/aptd
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20111007.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: aptdaemon
  Title: <type 'exceptions.SystemError'>: E:I wasn't able to locate a file for the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.
  TransactionDepends: [[], [], [], [], [], [], []]
  TransactionErrorCode: error-unknown
  TransactionKwargs: {}
  TransactionLocale: en_CA.UTF-8
  TransactionOutput:
   
  TransactionPackages: [[dbus.String(u'gnome-color-chooser')], [], [], [], [], []]
  TransactionRole: role-commit-packages
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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