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Fresh install of Lubuntu

Installed updates from synaptic

Installed wine and components from synaptic, upon what I assume is completion it popped this error code.

Is it something I should rush to fix?

Dwight Mitchell
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  • I faced with this error when I am downloading the package. It is related with this bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280) and I ran apt-get install --download-only <packageName> instead of apt download <packageName> – uzay95 Jun 06 '21 at 16:55
  • I had similar problem when trying to upgrade zoom. Opening the .deb in software center GUI only showed the option to remove the old version, while trying to update with sudo apt install zoom_amd64.deb started to update the existing installation but failed with the error message mentioned above. – Ingo Steinke Jan 25 '22 at 13:36
  • apt-get install --download-only won't download the package if it is already installed, so this is not equivalent – Jan Wilmans Oct 17 '22 at 06:55

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This is a known bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280

They suggest running the following command:

sudo chown _apt /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/

Give it a try and see if it fixes the issue.

darksky
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