I was having this same problem. daniel-gimpelevich (#11) FTW -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1601971
Title: update fails, "AppStream cache update failed." Status in appstream package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Booted 16.04 amd64 from DVD, opened a gnome-terminal and ran, ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update Ign:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 16.04 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Release amd64 (20160420.1) xenial InRelease Hit:2 cdrom://Ubuntu 16.04 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Release amd64 (20160420.1) xenial Release Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [247 kB] Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [94.5 kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [94.5 kB] Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages [119 kB] Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [1,201 kB] Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [568 kB] Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main Translation-en [45.3 kB] Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [44.0 kB] Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [50.8 kB] Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/restricted amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [158 B] Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [733 kB] Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [409 kB] Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages [252 kB] Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main Translation-en [99.8 kB] Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [186 kB] Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [150 kB] Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/restricted amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [157 B] Fetched 4,293 kB in 1s (2,360 kB/s) ** (appstreamcli:2593): CRITICAL **: Error while moving old database out of the way. AppStream cache update failed. Reading package lists... Done ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: appstream 0.9.4-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.376 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Jul 11 19:24:40 2016 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: appstream UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1601971/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
