What is the mean from "N: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file"?

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i was successfully installed atom but from offline package and at the end of installation show this message? anyone can explain it? thx B4...

N: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/home/kk2id/Desktop/atom-amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

It is a common but see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1570141 — Panther, Jan 06 '18 at 14:33
Correct bug-report is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/1522675 — N0rbert, Jan 06 '18 at 15:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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You can use the Chai T. Rex method for single install:

sudo apt -o APT::Sandbox::User=root install --reinstall ./package-name.deb

As I already wrote in comment 80 of bug-report 1522675:

I removed warning messages by setting APT::Sandbox::User to "root" with
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99z-anti-drop
APT::Sandbox::User "root";
EOF
I do not know is it secure or not. But it works as expected!

It removes such warnings permanently. You can use it at your own risk.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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answered Jan 06 '18 at 15:48

N0rbert

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It's probably better to use the nonpermanent sudo apt -o APT::Sandbox::User=root install --reinstall ./atom-amd64.deb – Chai T. Rex Jul 07 '18 at 19:36
thank you, it's been long time since i learn ubuntu :) – Rizqi Pratama Apr 04 '20 at 11:19

What is the mean from "N: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file"?

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