Public bug reported:
Packages that need to download and install other files, such as
pepperflashplugin-nonfree and msttfcorefonts fail to download the files. Errors
similar to the following are observed:
Can't drop privileges for downloading as file
'/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/courie32.exe' couldn't
be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
or
ERROR: failed to retrieve status information from google : W: Can't drop
privileges for downloading as file
'./var/lib/apt/lists/partial/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_InRelease'
couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
More information might be available at:
http://wiki.debian.org/PepperFlashPlayer
Ubuntu version: 16.04
apt version: 1.2.3 (amd64)
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1551511
Title:
apt: packages that need to download other files do not work
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Packages that need to download and install other files, such as
pepperflashplugin-nonfree and msttfcorefonts fail to download the files. Errors
similar to the following are observed:
Can't drop privileges for downloading as file
'/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/courie32.exe' couldn't
be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
or
ERROR: failed to retrieve status information from google : W: Can't drop
privileges for downloading as file
'./var/lib/apt/lists/partial/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_InRelease'
couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
More information might be available at:
http://wiki.debian.org/PepperFlashPlayer
Ubuntu version: 16.04
apt version: 1.2.3 (amd64)
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