[ubuntu-uk] Segfault when trying to update

Jonathon Fernyhough j.fernyhough at gmail.com
Sun Aug 2 01:19:26 BST 2009


Likelihood is the apt cache is corrupt.

$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin

should do it, unless you have deb-src enabled in which case you'll also need:

$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin

HTH

2009/8/1 Neil Greenwood <neil.greenwood.lug at gmail.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm on 8.10, and had a few problems when trying to update to 9.04 (it
> failed to download some packages). I restored my backup, and now have
> a different problem.
>
> I think I managed to do some updates after restoring the backup, but
> I'm not 100% on the timing since I've been on holiday. Now when I try
> to use either Update-Manager or aptitude on the command line to update
> my sources, I get a segfault and the check fails.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Cofion/Regards,
> Neil.
>
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