*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712
can confirm that purging appstream and then rerunning apt update fixed the
issue.
version affected: appstream 0.9.4-1
@ #4 - Jacob
I had the same problem, I fixed with the following:
$ ps ax | grep appstream
find what the applications' process id is
usually about 5 numbers long
# use sudo if not root
$ kill -9 <Application Process ID>
this should bring your cpu back to normal
then:
$ sudo apt purge appstream
then clean up your system with:
$ sudo apt autoremove
if you canceled in the middle of the install and it's asking you to run 'sudo
dpkg --configure -a'
run the command but once it get stuck on appstream kill it as shown above. dpkg
will still complete after you've killed appstream. then purge appstream.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1583829
Title:
aptitude update -> appstreamcli uses 100% cpu
Status in appstream package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
I started aptitude and hit "u" to update package list. It stuck on
"Loading cache" screen. I checked processes tree and found out
aptitude was waiting for /usr/bin/appstreamcli which used 100% CPU and
did nothing.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: appstream 0.9.4-1
Uname: Linux 4.6.0-040600-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri May 20 01:52:53 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-01 (18 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160420.1)
SourcePackage: appstream
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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